GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs GeForce GTX 880M

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 880M, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 954 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1000 MHz on this card. It features 1536 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		90 Watts
GeForce GTX 880M		130 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (44%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 880M should perform much faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M		128000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 70400 (122%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 880M should be much (about 291%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M		122112 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 90912 (291%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 880M is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M		30528 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20128 (194%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR 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 worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.