GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1050, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1354 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		90 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 57088 (99%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is quite a bit (approximately 74%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 22960 (74%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32928 (317%)

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 transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.