GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 570

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 570, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 732 MHz, and 1280 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 950 MHz through a 320-bit bus. It also is made up of 480 SPUs, 60 Texture Address Units, and 40 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 124 Watts (131%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 570, in theory, should perform much faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 94400 (164%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 is a lot (about 111%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 23120 (111%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 570 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18880 (182%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics 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 clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.