GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1050, which uses a 14 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1354 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		84 Watts
	Difference: 9 Watts (12%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 should be 199% faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 76288 (199%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a lot (about 105%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27760 (105%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be quite a bit (approximately 556%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 36728 (556%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output 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 reach the maximum fill rate.