GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Geforce GTX 1080 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti, which makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1480 MHz. The GDDR5X memory runs at a frequency of 1376 MHz on this card. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 224 TAUs and 88 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 200 Watts (400%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti should perform much faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		495616 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 470016 (1836%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti will be quite a bit (about 3667%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		331520 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 322720 (3667%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti will be a lot (more or less 2860%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		130240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 125840 (2860%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics 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 most pixels that the graphics chip 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 clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.