GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5600, which features GPU core speed of 1375 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1500 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
Radeon RX 5600		150 Watts
	Difference: 66 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5600 is 668% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 256512 (668%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 should be quite a bit (about 567%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 149600 (567%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5600 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 81400 (1233%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.