GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs GeForce RTX 2070

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 2070, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1410 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		84 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 91 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2070 should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 420352 (1095%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 is quite a bit (more or less 669%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 176640 (669%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 83640 (1267%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.