GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GTX Titan

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX Titan, which features a core clock speed of 837 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also features a 384-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 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 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 166 Watts (198%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX Titan should perform much faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 249984 (651%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan is a lot (more or less 610%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 161088 (610%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high 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 768MB		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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number 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 texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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 bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.