GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060, which comes with a core clock speed of 1320 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1875 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is made up of 3584 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3060 should be 540% faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 311040 (540%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is much (approximately 611%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 127040 (611%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be quite a bit (more or less 509%) better at AA than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 52960 (509%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.