GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 1030, which features a clock frequency of 1265 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also uses a 64-bit bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It features 384 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
	Difference: 54 Watts (180%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GT 1030 should be much faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 10752 (28%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be a lot (about 53%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14080 (53%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 will be a lot (about 207%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13640 (207%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.