GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX Titan

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX Titan, which has core clock speeds of 837 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2688 SPUs along with 224 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (163%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX Titan should perform much faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 230784 (401%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan is a lot (about 801%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 166688 (801%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan is quite a bit (approximately 286%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29776 (286%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.