GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, which features a clock speed of 1575 MHz and a GDDR6X memory speed of 1188 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It is comprised of 6144 SPUs, 192 TAUs, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		84 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		290 Watts
	Difference: 206 Watts (245%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 606899 (3793%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will be quite a bit (more or less 1045%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 276000 (1045%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 144600 (2191%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure 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 video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few 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.