GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5700, which features GPU core speed of 1465 MHz, and 8096 MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2304 Stream Processors, 144 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (260%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5700 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 433152 (1692%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 is a lot (about 2297%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 202160 (2297%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be quite a bit (approximately 2031%) better at AA than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 89360 (2031%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.