GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce GTX 295

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 295, which uses a 55 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 576 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM works at a speed of 999 MHz on this specific model. It features 240 SPUs as well as 80 TAUs and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 214 Watts (285%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 295 is 71% faster than the GeForce GTX 1650 overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
	Difference: 92704 (71%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 is a bit (about 11%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1650. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9000 (11%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1650 is superior to the GeForce GTX 295, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15264 (47%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.