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GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs GeForce GTX 980M

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The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB comes with core speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 96 SPUs as well as 48 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 980M, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1038 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this specific model. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 96 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 90 Watts
GeForce GTX 980M 100 Watts
Difference: 10 Watts (11%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 980M should in theory be much better than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M 128000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 70400 (122%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980M is a lot (more or less 219%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M 99648 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 31200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 68448 (219%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980M should be much (about 539%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M 66432 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 10400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 56032 (539%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB GeForce GTX 980M
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2008 October 7 2014
Code Name G94a/b GM204
Memory 512 MB 4096 MB
Core Speed 650 MHz 1038 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 90 watts 100 watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 128000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 31200 Mtexels/sec 99648 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10400 Mpixels/sec 66432 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 1536
Texture Mapping Units 48 96
Render Output Units 16 64
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 65/55 nm 28 nm
Transistors 505 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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 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 video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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