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GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GT 512MB has a GPU clock speed of 600 MHz, and the 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM runs at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 112 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

Compare all that to the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, which features a clock speed of 550 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 800 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 32 SPUs, 16 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 50 Watts
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 105 Watts
Difference: 55 Watts (110%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 57600 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 25600 MB/sec
Difference: 32000 (125%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 512MB is much (more or less 282%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 33600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 8800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 24800 (282%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB is superior to the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, by far. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 9600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 4400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 5200 (118%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Oct 2007 July 2008
Code Name G92 G96b
Memory 512 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz 550 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 1600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 105 watts 50 watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 25600 MB/sec
Texel Rate 33600 Mtexels/sec 8800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 9600 Mpixels/sec 4400 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 112 32
Texture Mapping Units 56 16
Render Output Units 16 8
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 256-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 55 nm
Transistors 754 million 314 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16 2.0, PCI
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce 8800 GT 512MB

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GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3

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