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GeForce 930M vs GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB

Intro

The GeForce 930M comes with a GPU clock speed of 928 MHz, and the 2048 MB of DDR3 memory runs at 900 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also features 384 Stream Processors, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specs to the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, which has GPU clock speed of 650 MHz, and 512 MB of GDDR3 memory running at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 96 Stream Processors, 48 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 930M overall. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 57600 MB/sec
GeForce 930M 14400 MB/sec
Difference: 43200 (300%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB is quite a bit (more or less 40%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 930M. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 31200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 930M 22272 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 8928 (40%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should be much (about 40%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 930M, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 10400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 930M 7424 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 2976 (40%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 930M GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year March 12 2015 October 2008
Code Name GM108 G94a/b
Memory 2048 MB 512 MB
Core Speed 928 MHz 650 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) (Unknown) watts 90 watts
Bandwidth 14400 MB/sec 57600 MB/sec
Texel Rate 22272 Mtexels/sec 31200 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 7424 Mpixels/sec 10400 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 384 96
Texture Mapping Units 24 48
Render Output Units 8 16
Bus Type DDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 64-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 28 nm 65/55 nm
Transistors (Unknown) million 505 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe x16 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 12 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce 930M

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GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB

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