GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 965M

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 965M, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 944 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 1024 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 965M		60 Watts
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (58%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 965M should theoretically be a little bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 6400 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M will be a lot (more or less 190%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 39616 (190%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M should be much (approximately 190%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19808 (190%)

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 max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.