GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which has a clock frequency of 1410 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is comprised of 4864 SPUs, 152 TAUs, and 80 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		200 Watts
	Difference: 116 Watts (138%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB will be -100% faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 38400 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti should be a lot (approximately 712%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		214320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 187920 (712%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is quite a bit (about 1609%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		112800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 106200 (1609%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. 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 many 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.