GeForce 810M vs GeForce 9600 GT 1GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, which features a GPU core clock speed of 650 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM running at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 64 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 810M		15 Watts
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (533%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB should perform much faster than the GeForce 810M overall. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
GeForce 810M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 43200 (300%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB should be much (more or less 252%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 810M. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 810M		5904 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14896 (252%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB will be much (more or less 252%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 810M, and will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 810M		2952 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7448 (252%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at 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 chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.