GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon R7 M265

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 M265, which has a core clock speed of 725 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB will be 20% quicker than the Radeon R7 M265 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M265		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 6400 (20%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB is quite a bit (approximately 52%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M265. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		17400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9000 (52%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB is a small bit (more or less 14%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M265, and capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		5800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 800 (14%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.