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GeForce GTX 1630 vs GeForce GTX 260

Intro

The GeForce GTX 1630 comes with core speeds of 1740 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 512 SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 260, which has core clock speeds of 576 MHz on the GPU, and 999 MHz on the 896 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 192 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1630 75 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 182 Watts
Difference: 107 Watts (143%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 260 should in theory be a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1630 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 111888 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1630 98304 MB/sec
Difference: 13584 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 should be much (about 51%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 260. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630 55680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 36864 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 18816 (51%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1630 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630 27840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 16128 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 11712 (73%)

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 260
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year June 2022 June 16, 2008
Code Name TU117 G200
Memory 4096 MB 896 MB
Core Speed 1740 MHz 576 MHz
Memory Speed 1500 GB/s 999 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 75 watts 182 watts
Bandwidth 98304 MB/sec 111888 MB/sec
Texel Rate 55680 Mtexels/sec 36864 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 27840 Mpixels/sec 16128 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 512 192
Texture Mapping Units 32 64
Render Output Units 16 28
Bus Type GDDR6 GDDR3
Bus Width 64-bit 448-bit
Fab Process 12 nm 65 nm
Transistors 4700 million 1400 million
Bus PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe x16 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 12 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 3.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, 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 maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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 of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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