GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all that to the Geforce GTX 760, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 980 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1502 MHz on this particular card. It features 1152 SPUs as well as 96 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (240%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 760 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 166656 (651%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be much (more or less 969%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 85280 (969%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26960 (613%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.