GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce RTX 3090

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3090, which uses a 8 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1395 MHz. The GDDR6X memory works at a frequency of 1219 MHz on this particular model. It features 10496 SPUs as well as 328 Texture Address Units and 112 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
GeForce RTX 3090		350 Watts
	Difference: 300 Watts (600%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3090 will be 3645% faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		958668 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 933068 (3645%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3090 should be quite a bit (about 5100%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		457560 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 448760 (5100%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3090 is superior to the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		156240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 151840 (3451%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better 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 amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.