GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5600, which features core speeds of 1375 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
Radeon RX 5600		150 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (58%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5600 should be much faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 237312 (412%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 is much (more or less 746%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 155200 (746%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 will be much (approximately 746%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 77600 (746%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.