GeForce 810M vs GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, which features a GPU core clock speed of 550 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory running at 800 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 32 SPUs, 16 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 810M		15 Watts
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 810M overall. (explain)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
GeForce 810M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 11200 (78%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 is much (about 49%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 810M. (explain)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 810M		5904 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2896 (49%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 810M		2952 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1448 (49%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the 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 number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock 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 quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.