GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce RTX 2070

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 2070, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1410 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2304 Stream Processors, 144 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 91 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2070 should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 420352 (1095%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 will be much (about 669%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 176640 (669%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 83640 (1267%)

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 within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one 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 called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.