GeForce GTX 1650 vs Radeon HD 6950

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 6950, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1250 MHz on this model. It features 1408 SPUs along with 88 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
Radeon HD 6950		200 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (167%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 6950 should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 1650 overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6950		160000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
	Difference: 28928 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 should be a small bit (more or less 18%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 6950. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6950		70400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 12760 (18%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 is quite a bit (approximately 86%) better at FSAA than the Radeon HD 6950, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6950		25600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21920 (86%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could 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 Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.