GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs Geforce GTX 780

Intro

Compare all that to the Geforce GTX 780, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 863 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1502 MHz on this particular model. It features 2304 SPUs along with 192 Texture Address Units and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		95 Watts
Geforce GTX 780		250 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (163%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 780 should perform much faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 780		288384 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 230784 (401%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 780 should be much (about 697%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 780		165696 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 144896 (697%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 780 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 780		41424 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 31024 (298%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should 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 anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.