GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX Titan Black

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 889 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 2880 SPUs as well as 240 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (163%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX Titan Black should be 483% faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 278400 (483%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black is much (more or less 926%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 192560 (926%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black is much (about 310%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32272 (310%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.