GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs GeForce GTX Titan

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX Titan, which has a clock speed of 837 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 2688 SPUs, 224 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		50 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 200 Watts (400%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX Titan should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 272384 (1702%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan should be a lot (about 2031%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 178688 (2031%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 35776 (813%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per 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 Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.