GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti, which features a clock frequency of 928 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1350 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 768 SPUs, 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

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general. (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 will be much (approximately 186%) better at anisotropic 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 is quite a bit (about 43%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.