GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 1030, which has core clock speeds of 1265 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 384 SPUs as well as 32 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		50 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GT 1030 should be 92% quicker than the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 23552 (92%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is much (approximately 360%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31680 (360%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is quite a bit (approximately 360%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3, and able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher 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 the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.