GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which features core speeds of 1650 MHz on the GPU, and 1937 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 3072 SPUs as well as 192 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		90 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 160 Watts (178%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER will be 782% faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 450304 (782%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER will be much (approximately 915%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 285600 (915%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is a lot (approximately 915%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 95200 (915%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card 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 amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.