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GeForce GTX 1630 vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

The GeForce GTX 1630 has core clock speeds of 1740 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 512 SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 960, which comes with core speeds of 1127 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. 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 little 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 is much (about 30%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1630. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 will be much (about 30%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1630, and also capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 1630 GeForce GTX 960
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year June 2022 January 2015
Code Name TU117 GM206
Memory 4096 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 1740 MHz 1127 MHz
Memory Speed 1500 GB/s 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 75 watts 120 watts
Bandwidth 98304 MB/sec 112000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 55680 Mtexels/sec 72128 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 27840 Mpixels/sec 36064 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 512 1024
Texture Mapping Units 32 64
Render Output Units 16 32
Bus Type GDDR6 GDDR5
Bus Width 64-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 12 nm 28 nm
Transistors 4700 million 2940 million
Bus PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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