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GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs GeForce GTX 980M

Intro

The GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB comes with a core clock speed of 550 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 800 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit bus, and uses a 65 nm design. It is made up of 96 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 12 Raster Operation Units.

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 980M, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1038 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this specific card. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 96 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB 84 Watts
GeForce GTX 980M 100 Watts
Difference: 16 Watts (19%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 980M will be 233% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M 128000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB 38400 MB/sec
Difference: 89600 (233%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980M is much (more or less 277%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M 99648 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB 26400 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 73248 (277%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980M is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M 66432 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB 6600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 59832 (907%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB GeForce GTX 980M
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2008 October 7 2014
Code Name G92 GM204
Memory 384 MB 4096 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 1038 MHz
Memory Speed 1600 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 84 watts 100 watts
Bandwidth 38400 MB/sec 128000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 26400 Mtexels/sec 99648 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 6600 Mpixels/sec 66432 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 1536
Texture Mapping Units 48 96
Render Output Units 12 64
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 192-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 28 nm
Transistors 754 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

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

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