GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 vs GeForce RTX 2070

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2070, which comes with core clock speeds of 1410 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 Texture Address Units and 64 ROPs.

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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

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2070 should theoretically be much superior to the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 is quite a bit (more or less 2207%) better 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

The GeForce RTX 2070 will be much (approximately 1951%) better at AA than the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.