AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
14.8x more texture fill rate: 80 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
34.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4638 vs 134
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 589 vs 335

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2012 vs 22 March 2006
Texture fill rate	80 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4638 vs 134
PassMark - G2D Mark	589 vs 335

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4638

134

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

589

335

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	4638	134
PassMark - G2D Mark	589	335
Geekbench - OpenCL	77430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1651

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Pitcairn	G73
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	5 March 2012	22 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	477	479
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,560 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1280
Stream Processors	1024
Texture fill rate	80 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	177 million
Core clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync