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GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GTX 850M

Intro

The GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB makes use of a 65 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 550 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM is set to run at a speed of 800 MHz on this specific model. It features 96 SPUs along with 48 Texture Address Units and 12 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 850M, which features GPU core speed of 876 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 memory running at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 850M 40 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 84 Watts
Difference: 44 Watts (110%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, in theory, should perform just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 850M in general. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 38400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 850M 32000 MB/sec
Difference: 6400 (20%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 850M will be a lot (about 33%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 850M 35040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 26400 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 8640 (33%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 850M will be much (approximately 112%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 850M 14016 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 6600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 7416 (112%)

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 768MB GeForce GTX 850M
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2008 March 12 2014
Code Name G92 GM107
Memory 768 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 876 MHz
Memory Speed 1600 MHz 2000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 84 watts 40 watts
Bandwidth 38400 MB/sec 32000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 26400 Mtexels/sec 35040 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 6600 Mpixels/sec 14016 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 640
Texture Mapping Units 48 40
Render Output Units 12 16
Bus Type GDDR3 DDR3
Bus Width 192-bit 128-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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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