GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB, which has a clock speed of 928 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1350 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up 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 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		110 Watts
	Difference: 26 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB is 125% faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		86400 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 48000 (125%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB should be much (more or less 125%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		59392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 32992 (125%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		14848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8248 (125%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.