GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce GTX 280

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 280, which features a GPU core clock speed of 602 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory running at 1107 MHz through a 512-bit bus. It also is made up of 240 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 280		236 Watts
	Difference: 161 Watts (215%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 280 should be a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1650 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 280		141696 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
	Difference: 10624 (8%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 should be a lot (approximately 73%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 280. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		48160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35000 (73%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1650 is superior to the GeForce GTX 280, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		19264 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28256 (147%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better 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 are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video 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 most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant 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.