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GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon HD 3870 1GB
Intro
The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB comes with a core clock frequency of 650 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 65/55 nm design. It is comprised of 64 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 3870 1GB, which makes use of a 55 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 775 MHz. The GDDR4 RAM runs at a speed of 1125 MHz on this specific model. It features 320(64x5) SPUs as well as 16 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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95 Watts |
| Radeon HD 3870 1GB |
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106 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 3870 1GB should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general. (explain)
| Radeon HD 3870 1GB |
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72000 MB/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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57600 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB is quite a bit (about 68%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 3870 1GB. (explain)| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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20800 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 3870 1GB |
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12400 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon HD 3870 1GB is a better choice, but only just. (explain)| Radeon HD 3870 1GB |
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12400 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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10400 Mpixels/sec |
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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
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce 9600 GT 1GB | Radeon HD 3870 1GB |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | Feb 2008 | Nov 19, 2007 |
| Code Name | G94a/b | RV670 XT |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 650 MHz | 775 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 95 watts | 106 watts |
| Bandwidth | 57600 MB/sec | 72000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 20800 Mtexels/sec | 12400 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 10400 Mpixels/sec | 12400 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 64 | 320(64x5) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 32 | 16 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 16 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR4 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 65/55 nm | 55 nm |
| Transistors | 505 million | (Unknown) million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe 2.0 x16/AGP 8x |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 3.0 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.
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