GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce GTX Titan

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX Titan, which has core speeds of 837 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2688 SPUs as well as 224 Texture Address Units and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 200 Watts (400%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX Titan will be 1027% quicker than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 262784 (1027%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan should be a lot (more or less 2031%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 178688 (2031%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan is much (about 813%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, and capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core 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 fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.