GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce RTX 3080

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3080, which makes use of a 8 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1440 MHz. The GDDR6X RAM works at a speed of 1188 MHz on this particular model. It features 8704 SPUs as well as 272 TAUs and 96 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080		320 Watts
	Difference: 236 Watts (281%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 3080 should be much faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		778547 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 740147 (1927%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 should be quite a bit (approximately 1384%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		391680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 365280 (1384%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		138240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 131640 (1995%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.