GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs GeForce GTX Titan Black

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, which comes with core speeds of 889 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2880 SPUs along with 240 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		50 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 200 Watts (400%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX Titan Black should be 2000% quicker than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 320000 (2000%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black will be quite a bit (about 2325%) better at AF than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 204560 (2325%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black is much (about 870%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 38272 (870%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.