GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce GTX 650

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 650, which features GPU clock speed of 1058 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1250 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 Stream Processors, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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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 3GB		12185 points
GeForce GTX 650		2263 points
	Difference: 9922 (438%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650		64 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 56 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 650 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 116608 (146%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be quite a bit (approximately 220%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		33856 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 74576 (220%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.