GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce GTX 650

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 650, which comes with core clock speeds of 1058 MHz on the GPU, and 1250 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 384 SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

Display Graphs

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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 1070		18174 points
GeForce GTX 650		2263 points
	Difference: 15911 (703%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650		64 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
	Difference: 86 Watts (134%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 1070 should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 650 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 182144 (228%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is quite a bit (more or less 434%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		33856 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 146864 (434%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be quite a bit (approximately 469%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 650, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		16928 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 79456 (469%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.