GeForce GTX 1630 vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, which features core speeds of 900 MHz on the GPU, and 1026 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 192 SPUs as well as 32 TAUs 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 a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1630 in general. (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%) more effective at texture filtering 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 a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1630 is superior to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, 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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.