GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1365 MHz and a GDDR6X memory frequency of 1188 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It is comprised of 10240 SPUs, 320 Texture Address Units, and 112 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		84 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		350 Watts
	Difference: 266 Watts (317%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		934297 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 895897 (2333%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will be much (about 1555%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		436800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 410400 (1555%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		152880 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 146280 (2216%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. 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 memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.