GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX Titan

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX Titan, which has a GPU core clock speed of 837 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1502 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2688 SPUs, 224 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 166 Watts (198%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX Titan is 651% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 249984 (651%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan is quite a bit (about 610%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 161088 (610%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 33576 (509%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses 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 are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.