GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1050, which features GPU core 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 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		50 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 98688 (617%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be much (more or less 515%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 45360 (515%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is much (approximately 885%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 38928 (885%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.