GeForce 810M vs GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, which features GPU clock speed of 650 MHz, and 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM running at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 96 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 810M		15 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		90 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (500%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB is 300% faster than the GeForce 810M in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		57600 MB/sec
GeForce 810M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 43200 (300%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should be a lot (about 428%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 810M. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		31200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 810M		5904 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25296 (428%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB will be much (approximately 252%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 810M, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 810M		2952 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7448 (252%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.