GeForce GTS 250 1GB vs GeForce GTX 1650

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1650, which uses a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1485 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 2001 MHz on this specific model. It features 896 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		145 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (93%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1650 should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		70400 MB/sec
	Difference: 60672 (86%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 is quite a bit (about 76%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		47232 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35928 (76%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1650 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		11808 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 35712 (302%)

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 MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the 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 better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs 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 also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.