GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti, which has a clock frequency of 928 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1350 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 768 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		110 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (16%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		86400 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 28800 (50%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti should be a lot (approximately 186%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		59392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 38592 (186%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti should be a lot (more or less 43%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		14848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4448 (43%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

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