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GeForce 830M vs GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB

Intro

The GeForce 830M features a core clock frequency of 1029 MHz and a DDR3 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also uses a 64-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 256 SPUs, 16 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, which comes with a core clock frequency of 550 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 800 MHz. It also features a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 65 nm design. It features 96 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 12 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 830M 25 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 84 Watts
Difference: 59 Watts (236%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce 830M in general. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 38400 MB/sec
GeForce 830M 14400 MB/sec
Difference: 24000 (167%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB will be a lot (approximately 60%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 830M. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 26400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 830M 16464 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 9936 (60%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 830M should be much (more or less 25%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce 830M 8232 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 6600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 1632 (25%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 830M GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year March 12 2014 May 2008
Code Name GM108 G92
Memory 2048 MB 768 MB
Core Speed 1029 MHz 550 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 1600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 25 watts 84 watts
Bandwidth 14400 MB/sec 38400 MB/sec
Texel Rate 16464 Mtexels/sec 26400 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 8232 Mpixels/sec 6600 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 256 96
Texture Mapping Units 16 48
Render Output Units 8 12
Bus Type DDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 64-bit 192-bit
Fab Process 28 nm 65 nm
Transistors (Unknown) million 754 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe x16 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 12 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce 830M

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