GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs GeForce GTX 965M

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 965M, which features a clock frequency of 944 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 965M		60 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		90 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 965M is 11% faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 6400 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M is a lot (approximately 94%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29216 (94%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 965M is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19808 (190%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 most pixels the video card can possibly record to its 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 clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.