GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 780 Ti

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
GeForce GTX 780 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 166 Watts (198%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 780 Ti will be 775% faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti		336000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 297600 (775%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 780 Ti is much (more or less 695%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti		210000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 183600 (695%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 780 Ti will be a lot (approximately 536%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB, and also able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti		42000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 35400 (536%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range 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 calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.