GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce RTX 2080

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 2080, which has core speeds of 1515 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2944 SPUs along with 184 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080		215 Watts
	Difference: 131 Watts (156%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2080 should be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 420352 (1095%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 will be much (approximately 956%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		278760 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 252360 (956%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		96960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 90360 (1369%)

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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few 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.