GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 650

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 650, which features a core clock speed of 1058 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1250 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 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 1060		12359 points
GeForce GTX 650		2263 points
	Difference: 10096 (446%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650		64 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 56 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1060 should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 650 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 116608 (146%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is quite a bit (about 256%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		33856 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 86624 (256%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be quite a bit (about 327%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 650, and capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		16928 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 55360 (327%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.