GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1650 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 1937 MHz on this card. It features 3072 SPUs as well as 192 Texture Address Units and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 166 Watts (198%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 469504 (1223%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER will be quite a bit (more or less 1100%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 290400 (1100%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

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