GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which features core speeds of 1410 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 4864 SPUs along with 152 Texture Address Units and 80 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		200 Watts
	Difference: 116 Watts (138%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB should in theory be a little bit superior to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 38400 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti will be quite a bit (approximately 712%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		214320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 187920 (712%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		112800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 106200 (1609%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.