GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 650

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 650, which has GPU clock speed of 1058 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1250 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 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 1050		6657 points
GeForce GTX 650		2263 points
	Difference: 4394 (194%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650		64 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
	Difference: 11 Watts (17%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 650 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 34688 (43%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be much (approximately 60%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		33856 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20304 (60%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a lot (about 156%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 650, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		16928 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26400 (156%)

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

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.