GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which comes with GPU core speed of 1156 MHz, and 8192 MB of HBM2 RAM running at 1600 MHz through a 2048-bit bus. It also features 3584 Stream Processors, 224 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 126 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX Vega 56 should be 992% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 381030 (992%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 is a lot (more or less 881%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 232544 (881%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX Vega 56 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 67384 (1021%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses 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 higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.