GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 670, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 915 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this particular card. It features 1344 SPUs along with 112 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
Geforce GTX 670		170 Watts
	Difference: 86 Watts (102%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 670 should perform much faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 153600 (400%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 670 will be much (approximately 288%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 76080 (288%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 670 is much (approximately 344%) better at AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22680 (344%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.