GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon R9 M270X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M270X, which features a GPU core clock speed of 725 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 M270X should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 M270X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 14400 (25%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M270X will be a lot (about 39%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M270X		29000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8200 (39%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M270X should be a little bit (approximately 12%) better at AA than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 M270X		11600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1200 (12%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the 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 in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.