AMD Radeon Vega 7 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 7 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 7

  • Around 17% higher pipelines: 448 vs 384
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1262 vs 545
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 448 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1262 vs 545

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 7
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1262
545
Name AMD Radeon Vega 7 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1262 545
PassMark - G3D Mark 1749
PassMark - G2D Mark 368
Geekbench - OpenCL 4493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 364.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.499
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3332
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3332

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 7 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Essentials

Architecture Vega Kepler
Code name Renoir GK106
Launch date Q1'2020 27 November 2013
Place in performance rating 1044 1003
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Price now $144.81
Value for money (0-100) 16.05

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 448 384
Core clock speed 1058 MHz
CUDA cores 384
Floating-point performance 812.5 gflops
Texture fill rate 33.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt
Transistor count 2,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Number of simultaneous displays 3
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini..., 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 5.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
TXAA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.38" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 5.70" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin