GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, which uses a 65 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 576 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM is set to run at a speed of 999 MHz on this specific model. It features 216 SPUs along with 72 TAUs and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 127 Watts (169%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 1650 should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 19184 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 will be a lot (approximately 101%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 41688 (101%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 is quite a bit (about 195%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 31392 (195%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.