GeForce GTX 1630 vs GeForce GTX 260

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 260, which features core clock speeds of 576 MHz on the GPU, and 999 MHz on the 896 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 192 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1630		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 260		182 Watts
	Difference: 107 Watts (143%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 260 should perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1630 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260		111888 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
	Difference: 13584 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 is a lot (approximately 51%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		36864 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18816 (51%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1630 is superior to the GeForce GTX 260, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11712 (73%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output 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 maximum fill rate.