GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which features core speeds of 1375 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 Texture Address Units and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (68%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5600 XT is 497% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 286464 (497%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT will be much (more or less 852%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 177200 (852%)

Pixel Rate

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

Radeon RX 5600 XT		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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.