GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1050, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1354 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 640 Stream Processors, 40 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		84 Watts
	Difference: 9 Watts (12%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 76288 (199%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be quite a bit (approximately 105%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27760 (105%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be quite a bit (approximately 556%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.