GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon HD 3650 256MB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 3650 256MB, which comes with a core clock speed of 725 MHz and a DDR2 memory frequency of 800 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It features 120(24x5) SPUs, 8 Texture Address Units, and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 3650 256MB		78 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 42 Watts (54%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be a lot faster than the Radeon HD 3650 256MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon HD 3650 256MB		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 171008 (668%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be much (approximately 1770%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 3650 256MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 3650 256MB		5800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 102632 (1770%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 3650 256MB		2900 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69388 (2393%)

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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its 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 clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.