GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1050, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1354 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 640 SPUs, 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 768MB		84 Watts
	Difference: 9 Watts (12%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 76288 (199%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be much (more or less 105%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27760 (105%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed 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 better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.