GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 vs Nvidia Titan X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Nvidia Titan X, which features a core clock speed of 1417 MHz and a GDDR5X memory frequency of 1251 MHz. It also features a 384-bit bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It is comprised of 3584 SPUs, 224 Texture Address Units, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		50 Watts
Nvidia Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 200 Watts (400%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Nvidia Titan X should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 overall. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		491520 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 465920 (1820%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X should be a lot (approximately 3507%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		317408 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 308608 (3507%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Nvidia Titan X is superior to the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3, by a large margin. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		136032 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 131632 (2992%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.