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

Intro

The GeForce GTS 250 1GB makes use of a 65/55 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 738 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a speed of 1100 MHz on this particular card. It features 128 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB, which features a core clock speed of 928 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1350 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 768 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation 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

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB is 23% quicker than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (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 quite a bit (about 26%) better at AF 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

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB will be much (approximately 26%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTS 250 1GB GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year March 3, 2009 October 2012
Code Name G92a/b GK106
Memory 1024 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 738 MHz 928 MHz
Memory Speed 2200 MHz 5400 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 145 watts 110 watts
Bandwidth 70400 MB/sec 86400 MB/sec
Texel Rate 47232 Mtexels/sec 59392 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 11808 Mpixels/sec 14848 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 768
Texture Mapping Units 64 64
Render Output Units 16 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 65/55 nm 28 nm
Transistors 754 million 2540 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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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