GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3050, which comes with GPU core speed of 1552 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 2560 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 46 Watts (55%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3050 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 190976 (497%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be quite a bit (approximately 370%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 97760 (370%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 43064 (652%)

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 max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.