GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which makes use of a 8 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1320 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a frequency of 1875 MHz on this card. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 112 Texture Address Units and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 3060 should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GTX 1650 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
	Difference: 237568 (181%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is quite a bit (more or less 78%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1650. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 64680 (78%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be quite a bit (about 33%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1650, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15840 (33%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number 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 card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.