GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which has a core clock frequency of 2321 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also features a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 2560 SPUs, 160 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 146 Watts (174%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6700 XT, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 354816 (924%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is quite a bit (approximately 1307%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 344960 (1307%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT will be quite a bit (approximately 2151%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 141944 (2151%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.