GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB, which comes with GPU clock speed of 928 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1350 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also 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 2GB		110 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (16%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		86400 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 28800 (50%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB will be a lot (about 186%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		59392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 38592 (186%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB is superior to the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.