GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1050, which comes with a clock speed of 1354 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		50 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 is 617% quicker than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 98688 (617%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is much (more or less 515%) better at AF than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 45360 (515%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 38928 (885%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends 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.