GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6650 XT, which has a clock speed of 2055 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2190 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It features 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
Radeon RX 6650 XT		176 Watts
	Difference: 92 Watts (110%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6650 XT should be much faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		287072 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 248672 (648%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6650 XT will be quite a bit (more or less 896%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		263040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 236640 (896%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6650 XT is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		131520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 124920 (1893%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.