GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs GeForce GTX Titan Black

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, which comes with a clock speed of 889 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 2880 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		84 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 166 Watts (198%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX Titan Black should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 297600 (775%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black is a lot (approximately 708%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 186960 (708%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan Black is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 36072 (547%)

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 moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated 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 video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill 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 max fill rate.