GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce GTX 970M

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 970M, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 924 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 1280 SPUs as well as 80 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 1650 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 970M in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		96000 MB/sec
	Difference: 35072 (37%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 should be just a bit (about 13%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 970M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		73920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9240 (13%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1650 is the winner, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		44352 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3168 (7%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.