GeForce GTX 1630 vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 900 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1026 MHz on this specific model. It features 192 SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1630		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
	Difference: 41 Watts (55%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 550 Ti should be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1630 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
	Difference: 192 (0%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 is much (more or less 93%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26880 (93%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1630 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6240 (29%)

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 transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.