GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce GTX 660

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 660, which features GPU core speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1502 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 960 Stream Processors, 80 Texture Address Units, and 24 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 660		140 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (87%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 660 should be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1650 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660		144192 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
	Difference: 13120 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 should be a small bit (approximately 6%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 660. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 660		78400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4760 (6%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1650 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 660		23520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24000 (102%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core 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 max fill rate.