GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs GeForce GTX 970

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 970, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1050 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 1664 SPUs along with 104 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		50 Watts
GeForce GTX 970		145 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (190%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 970 will be 1300% quicker than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 208000 (1300%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970 is a lot (more or less 1141%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 100400 (1141%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 970 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 62800 (1427%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.