GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GTX 880M

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 880M, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 954 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this model. It features 1536 SPUs along with 128 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
GeForce GTX 880M		130 Watts
	Difference: 46 Watts (55%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 880M is 233% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M		128000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 89600 (233%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 880M is much (more or less 363%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M		122112 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 95712 (363%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 880M should be a lot (about 363%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M		30528 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23928 (363%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at 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 could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.