GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which features a core clock frequency of 1375 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit memory bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (220%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 318464 (1244%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is quite a bit (more or less 2150%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 189200 (2150%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is much (about 1900%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 83600 (1900%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.