GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GTX Titan

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX Titan, which comes with a core clock frequency of 837 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also features a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of 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 is 651% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan is much (about 610%) better at 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

The GeForce GTX Titan should be a lot (more or less 509%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.