GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs Radeon R7 M265

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M265, which comes with a clock frequency of 725 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB is 20% quicker than the Radeon R7 M265 in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M265		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 6400 (20%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB will be much (approximately 52%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 M265. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		17400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9000 (52%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB is superior to the Radeon R7 M265, not by a very large margin though. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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 bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.