GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon R9 M365X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 M365X, which has a clock speed of 925 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1125 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 M365X should be 25% faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 14400 (25%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M365X will be much (about 78%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		37000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16200 (78%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M365X will be much (approximately 42%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		14800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4400 (42%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock 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 number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.