GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce GTX 280

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 280, which uses a 65 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 602 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a frequency of 1107 MHz on this specific model. It features 240 SPUs as well as 80 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 280		236 Watts
	Difference: 161 Watts (215%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 280 should in theory perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1650 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 280		141696 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
	Difference: 10624 (8%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 will be a lot (more or less 73%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 280. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		48160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35000 (73%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1650 is superior to the GeForce GTX 280, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		19264 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28256 (147%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.