GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti, which features a GPU core clock speed of 928 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1350 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 768 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		110 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (16%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti is 50% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		86400 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 28800 (50%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti should be a lot (more or less 186%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		59392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 38592 (186%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti will be a lot (approximately 43%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		14848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.