GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, which features GPU clock speed of 1575 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6X RAM set to run at 1188 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 6144 Stream Processors, 192 TAUs, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		95 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		290 Watts
	Difference: 195 Watts (205%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 565299 (981%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is quite a bit (more or less 1354%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 281600 (1354%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 140800 (1354%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be 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 card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few 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.