GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs GeForce GTX 750

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 750, which has a clock frequency of 1020 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1250 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 512 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750		55 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		84 Watts
	Difference: 29 Watts (53%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 750 should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750		80000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 41600 (108%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 750 will be quite a bit (about 24%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750		32640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6240 (24%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 750 will be much (approximately 147%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750		16320 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9720 (147%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus 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 card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.