GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6650 XT, which has core speeds of 2055 MHz on the GPU, and 2190 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6650 XT should in theory be much better than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall. (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 should be quite a bit (about 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

The Radeon RX 6650 XT is a lot (approximately 1893%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount 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 of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.