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GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs GeForce GTX 950M

Intro

The GeForce 9800 GTX+ comes with a GPU core clock speed of 738 MHz, and the 512 MB of GDDR3 memory runs at 1100 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 128 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 950M, which features core speeds of 914 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 2048 MB of DDR3 memory. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M 55 Watts
GeForce 9800 GTX+ 145 Watts
Difference: 90 Watts (164%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 9800 GTX+ is 120% quicker than the GeForce GTX 950M overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX+ 70400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950M 32000 MB/sec
Difference: 38400 (120%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GTX+ should be a lot (about 29%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 950M. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX+ 47232 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M 36560 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 10672 (29%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950M is much (approximately 24%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9800 GTX+, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M 14624 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX+ 11808 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 2816 (24%)

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 9800 GTX+ GeForce GTX 950M
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year July 2008 March 12 2015
Code Name G92b GM107
Memory 512 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 738 MHz 914 MHz
Memory Speed 2200 MHz 2000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 145 watts 55 watts
Bandwidth 70400 MB/sec 32000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 47232 Mtexels/sec 36560 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 11808 Mpixels/sec 14624 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 640
Texture Mapping Units 64 40
Render Output Units 16 16
Bus Type GDDR3 DDR3
Bus Width 256-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 28 nm
Transistors 754 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce 9800 GTX+

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