GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB, which features a clock speed of 928 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency 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 TAUs, 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 GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (9%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 is 128% quicker than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 110208 (128%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be a lot (approximately 103%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		59392 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 61088 (103%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (about 387%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB, and also capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		14848 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 57440 (387%)

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 information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core 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 is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.