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GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce GTX 650
Intro
The GeForce GTX 260 has a GPU core clock speed of 576 MHz, and the 896 MB of GDDR3 memory is set to run at 999 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also is comprised of 192 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, and 28 ROPs.Compare that to the GeForce GTX 650, which has core speeds of 1058 MHz on the GPU, and 1250 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 384 SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 650 |
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64 Watts |
| GeForce GTX 260 |
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182 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The GeForce GTX 260 should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 650 overall. (explain)
| GeForce GTX 260 |
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111888 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 650 |
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80000 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 260 is a small bit (more or less 9%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)| GeForce GTX 260 |
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36864 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 650 |
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33856 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce GTX 650 should be just a bit (about 5%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 260, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)| GeForce GTX 650 |
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16928 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 260 |
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16128 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 GTX 260 | GeForce GTX 650 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | June 16, 2008 | September 2012 |
| Code Name | G200 | GK107 |
| Memory | 896 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 576 MHz | 1058 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1998 MHz | 5000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 182 watts | 64 watts |
| Bandwidth | 111888 MB/sec | 80000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 36864 Mtexels/sec | 33856 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 16128 Mpixels/sec | 16928 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 192 | 384 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 64 | 32 |
| Render Output Units | 28 | 16 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 448-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 1400 million | 1300 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11.0 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.1 | OpenGL 4.3 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If 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 higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one 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 better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.
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Comments
4 Responses to “GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce GTX 650”The GTX 260 is essentially the same as GTX 650, the advantage the GTX 650 has is Directx 11
Looking at the gtx 650's power consumption, this has to be a very effective card for casual gaming deliviering 260's performance. (+directx 11.1)
lol 650 for lyfe!
Pros e cons of the two cards:
GTX 260:
- It is faster in general.
- A lot more Cheaper than the GTX 650 (You can save more than 60$).
GTX 650
- DirectX 11.
- Less Power Consuption.
It's not a real comparison, just because the GTX 260 is pretty old... But it's still a good graphic card.