GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which features core speeds of 1506 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1152 SPUs as well as 72 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 36 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 158208 (412%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be much (more or less 311%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 82032 (311%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 65688 (995%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.