GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs GeForce GTX 465

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 465, which features a core clock speed of 607 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 802 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 352 SPUs, 44 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		50 Watts
GeForce GTX 465		200 Watts
	Difference: 150 Watts (300%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 465 should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 465		102592 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 86592 (541%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 465 will be a lot (approximately 204%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GTX 465		26708 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 17908 (204%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 465 should be a lot (more or less 341%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 465		19424 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15024 (341%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many 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.