GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon RX 6800

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6800, which features a clock frequency of 1700 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
Radeon RX 6800		250 Watts
	Difference: 166 Watts (198%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6800 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		524288 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 485888 (1265%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 is much (more or less 1445%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		408000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 381600 (1445%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 is a lot (about 2373%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		163200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 156600 (2373%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 chip can possibly write to the 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 - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.