GeForce GTX 650 Ti vs GeForce GTX 970

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 970, which comes with GPU core speed of 1050 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1664 Stream Processors, 104 TAUs, and 64 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 970		10867 points
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		3434 points
	Difference: 7433 (216%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 970		19 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		10 Mh/s
	Difference: 9 (90%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		110 Watts
GeForce GTX 970		145 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (32%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 970 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 137600 (159%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970 is quite a bit (about 84%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		59392 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 49808 (84%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 970 is superior to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		14848 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 52352 (353%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.