GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which has a clock frequency of 1156 MHz and a HBM2 memory speed of 1600 MHz. It also makes use of a 2048-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is made up of 3584 SPUs, 224 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 160 Watts (320%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX Vega 56 should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 393830 (1538%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 will be a lot (more or less 2843%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 250144 (2843%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 will be quite a bit (about 1581%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69584 (1581%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.