GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 1030, which makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1265 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1502 MHz on this card. It features 384 SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		50 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GT 1030 should be much faster than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 33152 (207%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 will be quite a bit (more or less 360%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31680 (360%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is a lot (about 360%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2, and also able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15840 (360%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core 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 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. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.