GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which has a core clock speed of 1392 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 96-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is made up of 768 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		50 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be a lot faster than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 70016 (438%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is much (approximately 659%) better at AF than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 58016 (659%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29008 (659%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

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