GeForce GTX 1630 vs GeForce GTX 260

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 260, which features clock speeds of 576 MHz on the GPU, and 999 MHz on the 896 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 192 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1630		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 260		182 Watts
	Difference: 107 Watts (143%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 260 is 14% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1630 overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260		111888 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
	Difference: 13584 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 should be quite a bit (approximately 51%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 260. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		36864 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18816 (51%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 will be quite a bit (approximately 73%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 260, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11712 (73%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.