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GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTS 450 1GB
Intro
The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB has core clock speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 64 SPUs along with 32 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare all that to the GeForce GTS 450 1GB, which has GPU core speed of 783 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 902 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 192 Stream Processors, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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95 Watts |
| GeForce GTS 450 1GB |
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106 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The GeForce GTS 450 1GB should theoretically perform a small bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall. (explain)
| GeForce GTS 450 1GB |
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57728 MB/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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57600 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTS 450 1GB is just a bit (more or less 20%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)| GeForce GTS 450 1GB |
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25056 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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20800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTS 450 1GB is the winner, though only just barely. (explain)| GeForce GTS 450 1GB |
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12528 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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10400 Mpixels/sec |
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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
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce 9600 GT 1GB | GeForce GTS 450 1GB |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | Feb 2008 | September 2010 |
| Code Name | G94a/b | GF106 |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 650 MHz | 783 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 3608 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 95 watts | 106 watts |
| Bandwidth | 57600 MB/sec | 57728 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 20800 Mtexels/sec | 25056 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 10400 Mpixels/sec | 12528 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 64 | 192 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 32 | 32 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 16 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 65/55 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 505 million | 1170 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 4.1 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure 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 card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.
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