GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all that to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with GPU clock speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1152 Stream Processors, 96 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 760 should be 234% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 134656 (234%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be quite a bit (approximately 352%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 73280 (352%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be a lot (approximately 202%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20960 (202%)

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 transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.