GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Nvidia Titan X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Nvidia Titan X, which uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1417 MHz. The GDDR5X RAM runs at a frequency of 1251 MHz on this model. It features 3584 SPUs along with 224 TAUs and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
Nvidia Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (163%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Nvidia Titan X will be 753% faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		491520 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 433920 (753%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X is quite a bit (more or less 1426%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		317408 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 296608 (1426%)

Pixel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X is a lot (more or less 1208%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		136032 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 125632 (1208%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's 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 can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs 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 also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.