GeForce 810M vs GeForce 9600 GT 1GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, which makes use of a 65/55 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 650 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a frequency of 900 MHz on this particular model. It features 64 SPUs along with 32 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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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

As far as performance goes, the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB should in theory be quite a bit better 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 is quite a bit (about 252%) more effective at 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 should be much (about 252%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 810M, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.