GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon RX 6900 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6900 XT, which features GPU core speed of 1825 MHz, and 16384 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 5120 Stream Processors, 320 TAUs, and 128 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
Radeon RX 6900 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 216 Watts (257%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6900 XT should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		524288 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 485888 (1265%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6900 XT is much (more or less 2112%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		584000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 557600 (2112%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6900 XT will be much (approximately 3439%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 227000 (3439%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.