GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which uses a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1650 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a speed of 1937 MHz on this model. It features 3072 SPUs as well as 192 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (163%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 450304 (782%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER will be much (more or less 1423%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 296000 (1423%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is superior to the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.