NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt
• Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1201 vs 1085
• Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 235 vs 219
• Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 9.947 vs 8.17
• Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.982 vs 0.86
• Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2283 vs 2070
• Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3299 vs 1679
• Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2283 vs 2070
• Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3299 vs 1679

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

• 2.1x more pipelines: 800 vs 384
• Around 72% better floating-point performance: 1,120.0 gflops vs 652.8 gflops
• 2.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
• Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 585.971 vs 340.824
• Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 20.108 vs 18.773
• 4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 98.606 vs 23.111
• Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3077 vs 1913
• Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3077 vs 1913

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1201 1085
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	235 219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9.947 8.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	340.824 585.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.982 0.86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	18.773 20.108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	23.111 98.606
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2283 2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3299 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1913 3077
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2283 2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3299 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1913 3077

Compare specifications (specs)