GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5700, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1465 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 96 Watts (114%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 5700 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 420352 (1095%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 should be quite a bit (approximately 699%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 184560 (699%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 87160 (1321%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure 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 fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.