GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs GeForce GTX 650

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 650, which comes with GPU core speed of 1058 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1250 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 384 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		3466 points
GeForce GTX 650		2263 points
	Difference: 1203 (53%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650		64 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 106 Watts (166%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 650 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 48256 (60%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be much (more or less 55%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		33856 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18752 (55%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		16928 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9376 (55%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.