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GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 vs GeForce GTX 950M

Intro

The GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 has clock speeds of 550 MHz on the GPU, and 500 MHz on the 512 MB of DDR2 memory. It features 96 SPUs along with 48 Texture Address Units and 12 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 950M, which features core clock 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 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M 55 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 84 Watts
Difference: 29 Watts (53%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 950M should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M 32000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 16000 MB/sec
Difference: 16000 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950M is much (more or less 38%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M 36560 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 26400 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 10160 (38%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950M will be much (about 122%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M 14624 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 6600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 8024 (122%)

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 9600 GSO ASUS 512 GeForce GTX 950M
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year September 2008 March 12 2015
Code Name G92 GM107
Memory 512 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 914 MHz
Memory Speed 1000 MHz 2000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 84 watts 55 watts
Bandwidth 16000 MB/sec 32000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 26400 Mtexels/sec 36560 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 6600 Mpixels/sec 14624 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 640
Texture Mapping Units 48 40
Render Output Units 12 16
Bus Type DDR2 DDR3
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 65 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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512

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