GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which comes with a clock speed of 1650 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1937 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 12 nm design. It features 3072 SPUs, 192 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		84 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 166 Watts (198%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should be much faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 491904 (3074%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is a lot (approximately 1100%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 290400 (1100%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER will be much (approximately 1500%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 99000 (1500%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.