GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 760, which features a clock speed of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1152 SPUs, 96 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 86 Watts (102%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Geforce GTX 760 should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 153856 (401%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is quite a bit (more or less 256%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 67680 (256%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be much (more or less 375%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24760 (375%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, 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, HDR and higher screen 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 this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could 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 ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.