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GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

The GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB features a GPU core clock speed of 550 MHz, and the 1536 MB of GDDR3 RAM runs at 800 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is made up of 96 Stream Processors, 48 TAUs, and 12 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 560, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 810 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1001 MHz on this specific model. It features 336 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB 84 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 150 Watts
Difference: 66 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 560 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 128128 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB 38400 MB/sec
Difference: 89728 (234%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 should be quite a bit (about 72%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 45360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB 26400 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 18960 (72%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 is a lot (about 293%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB, and also capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 25920 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB 6600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 19320 (293%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB GeForce GTX 560
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2008 May 2011
Code Name G92 GF114
Memory 1536 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 810 MHz
Memory Speed 1600 MHz 4004 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 84 watts 150 watts
Bandwidth 38400 MB/sec 128128 MB/sec
Texel Rate 26400 Mtexels/sec 45360 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 6600 Mpixels/sec 25920 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 336
Texture Mapping Units 48 56
Render Output Units 12 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 192-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 40 nm
Transistors 754 million 1950 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 2.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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