GeForce 930M vs GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, which makes use of a 65/55 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 650 MHz. The GDDR3 memory is set to run at a speed of 900 MHz on this specific model. It features 96 SPUs along with 48 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should be 300% quicker than the GeForce 930M in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		57600 MB/sec
GeForce 930M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 43200 (300%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB will be much (about 40%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 930M. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		31200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 930M		22272 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8928 (40%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 930M		7424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2976 (40%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.