GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon HD 3650

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 3650, which features GPU core speed of 725 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR4 RAM running at 800 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 120(24x5) SPUs, 8 TAUs, and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should in theory be a lot superior to the Radeon HD 3650 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is quite a bit (approximately 1770%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 3650. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a lot (about 2393%) better at FSAA than the Radeon HD 3650, and also capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 3650		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's 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 is also dependant 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.