GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1127 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1650 is 17% quicker than the GeForce GTX 960 overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 19072 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 should be just a bit (approximately 15%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11032 (15%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 will be quite a bit (about 32%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 960, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11456 (32%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's 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 is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.