GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 928 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1350 MHz on this specific model. It features 768 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator 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

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB in general. (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 (more or less 103%) more effective at AF 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

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is a better choice, by a large margin. (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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher 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 per second.

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