GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GT 1030, which comes with core 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 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GT 1030 is 92% faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 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 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31680 (360%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be quite a bit (more or less 360%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, and able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 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 maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. 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 quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.