GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1506 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this card. It features 1152 SPUs along with 72 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		50 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (140%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should perform much faster than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 180608 (1129%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be quite a bit (about 1132%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 99632 (1132%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 67888 (1543%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must 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 anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record 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 clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.