GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 590, which features clock speeds of 1469 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		84 Watts
Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
	Difference: 91 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 590 should be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 223744 (583%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 is a lot (approximately 701%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 185136 (701%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 590 is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40408 (612%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.