GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GT 1030, which comes with a clock speed of 1265 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit memory bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 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 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
	Difference: 54 Watts (180%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GT 1030 is 28% faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 10752 (28%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 will be much (about 53%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14080 (53%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13640 (207%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.