GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 650

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 650, which comes with core speeds of 1058 MHz on the GPU, and 1250 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 384 SPUs along with 32 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
GeForce GTX 650		2263 points
	Difference: 10096 (446%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650		64 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 56 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 650 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 116608 (146%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be much (more or less 256%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		33856 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 86624 (256%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be much (more or less 327%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 650, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		16928 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 55360 (327%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 one second.

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