GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce GTX 260

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 260, which has core clock speeds of 576 MHz on the GPU, and 999 MHz on the 896 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 192 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 28 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 260		182 Watts
	Difference: 107 Watts (143%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1650 should theoretically be a little bit better than the GeForce GTX 260 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 should be a lot (about 126%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 260. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		36864 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 46296 (126%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1650 is superior to the GeForce GTX 260, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour 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 output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.