GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 1650

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1650, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1485 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 2001 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
	Difference: 9 Watts (12%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1650 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 92672 (241%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 should be a lot (more or less 215%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 56760 (215%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1650 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40920 (620%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per 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 the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.