GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 vs GeForce RTX 2070

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2070, which features GPU clock speed of 1410 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2304 Stream Processors, 144 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		50 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (250%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2070 will be 1692% faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 433152 (1692%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 will be quite a bit (about 2207%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 194240 (2207%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 85840 (1951%)

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 MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill 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 max fill rate.