GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs Nvidia Titan X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Nvidia Titan X, which makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1417 MHz. The GDDR5X memory is set to run at a frequency of 1251 MHz on this model. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 224 Texture Address Units and 96 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		84 Watts
Nvidia Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 166 Watts (198%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Nvidia Titan X, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB overall. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		491520 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 453120 (1180%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X is a lot (about 1102%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		317408 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 291008 (1102%)

Pixel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X should be quite a bit (approximately 1961%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		136032 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 129432 (1961%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.