GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB, which features clock speeds of 928 MHz on the GPU, and 1350 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 768 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs 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 2GB		110 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (16%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB will be 50% faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		86400 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 28800 (50%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB will be a lot (approximately 186%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		59392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 38592 (186%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB will be a lot (approximately 43%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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 maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.