GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs GeForce GTX 650

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 650, which comes with GPU core speed of 1058 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1250 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650		64 Watts
GeForce 9800 GTX+		145 Watts
	Difference: 81 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 650 is 14% quicker than the GeForce 9800 GTX+ overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650		80000 MB/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX+		70400 MB/sec
	Difference: 9600 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GTX+ should be a lot (approximately 40%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX+		47232 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		33856 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 13376 (40%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 650 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650		16928 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX+		11808 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5120 (43%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, 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 most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core 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 quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.