GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX Titan Black

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, which comes with a clock speed of 889 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 2880 SPUs, 240 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (163%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX Titan Black should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 278400 (483%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black is a lot (about 926%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 192560 (926%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black should be much (more or less 310%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32272 (310%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.