GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which comes with core clock speeds of 1650 MHz on the GPU, and 1937 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 3072 SPUs along with 192 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		50 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 200 Watts (400%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should in theory be much faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 482304 (1884%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is quite a bit (more or less 3500%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 308000 (3500%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 101200 (2300%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.