GeForce GTX 650 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 960, which features a core clock speed of 1127 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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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 960		7627 points
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		3434 points
	Difference: 4193 (122%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 960		11 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		10 Mh/s
	Difference: 1 (10%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		110 Watts
GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (9%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 960 should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 25600 (30%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 is a lot (approximately 21%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		59392 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 12736 (21%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		14848 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21216 (143%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.