GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 1030, which uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1265 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1502 MHz on this specific card. It features 384 SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		50 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GT 1030 should in theory be much better than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 33152 (207%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 will be a lot (approximately 360%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31680 (360%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is a lot (more or less 360%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15840 (360%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.