GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 1650

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1650, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1485 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 2001 MHz on this particular model. It features 896 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1650 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 45056 (52%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 should be much (about 24%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16344 (24%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1650 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14112 (42%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.