GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 928 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1350 MHz on this card. It features 768 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator 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 Ti		7734 points
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		3434 points
	Difference: 4300 (125%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		110 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 28288 (33%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be just a bit (about 4%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		59392 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2528 (4%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		14848 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26432 (178%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can 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 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 output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.