GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 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 memory runs at a speed of 1251 MHz on this model. It features 3584 SPUs along with 224 Texture Address Units and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
Nvidia Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 166 Watts (198%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Nvidia Titan X should be much faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		491520 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 453120 (1180%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X is much (more or less 1102%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		317408 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 291008 (1102%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Nvidia Titan X is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		136032 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		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 (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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 processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card 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 - 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 memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.