GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1650 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 1937 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 3072 SPUs, 192 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 166 Watts (198%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is 1223% faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 469504 (1223%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should be a lot (approximately 1100%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 290400 (1100%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.