GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, which has a core clock speed of 900 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1026 MHz. It also features a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 192 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
	Difference: 41 Watts (55%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1650 is 33% faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 32576 (33%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 is a lot (more or less 189%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 54360 (189%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1650 is superior to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25920 (120%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.