GeForce GTX 1630 vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960, which features core speeds of 1127 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1630		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 960 should perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1630 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
	Difference: 13696 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 should be quite a bit (more or less 30%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1630. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16448 (30%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8224 (30%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.