GeForce GTS 250 1GB vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB, which has core clock speeds of 928 MHz on the GPU, and 1350 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 768 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		110 Watts
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		145 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (32%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		86400 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		70400 MB/sec
	Difference: 16000 (23%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB is much (more or less 26%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		59392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		47232 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 12160 (26%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		14848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		11808 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3040 (26%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.