GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 590, which has GPU core speed of 1469 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
	Difference: 91 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 590 should be much faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 223744 (583%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 should be a lot (about 701%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 185136 (701%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 should be quite a bit (approximately 612%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.