GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1050, which makes use of a 14 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1354 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		84 Watts
	Difference: 9 Watts (12%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 should perform much faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 98688 (617%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a lot (about 105%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27760 (105%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 36728 (556%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.