GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1050, which uses a 14 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1354 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific 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 768MB		84 Watts
	Difference: 9 Watts (12%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 will be 199% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 76288 (199%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is much (approximately 105%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27760 (105%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a lot (about 556%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		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 maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure 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 card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.