GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce GTX 950

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 950, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1024 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1652 MHz on this model. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1650 should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GTX 950 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 25344 (24%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 should be much (approximately 69%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 950. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34008 (69%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 will be much (about 45%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 950, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14752 (45%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.