GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 780 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 780 Ti, which features a core clock frequency of 875 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 2880 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX 780 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (163%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 780 Ti should be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti		336000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 278400 (483%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 780 Ti will be much (approximately 910%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti		210000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 189200 (910%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 780 Ti is much (about 304%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti		42000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 31600 (304%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, 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 worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.