GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5600, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a speed of 1500 MHz on this card. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs 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 5600		150 Watts
	Difference: 66 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 5600 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 256512 (668%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 should be quite a bit (approximately 567%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 149600 (567%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 is quite a bit (more or less 1233%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.