GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1365 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR6X RAM set to run at 1188 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is made up of 10240 Stream Processors, 320 TAUs, and 112 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		95 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		350 Watts
	Difference: 255 Watts (268%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		934297 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 876697 (1522%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is much (more or less 2000%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		436800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 416000 (2000%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is a lot (approximately 1370%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		152880 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 142480 (1370%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.