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: 1202 vs 1085
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 236 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
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 March 2012 vs 7 January 2010
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1202 vs 1085
PassMark - G2D Mark 236 vs 219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.947 vs 8.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.982 vs 0.86
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2283 vs 2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3299 vs 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2283 vs 2070
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
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 800 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,120.0 gflops vs 652.8 gflops
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 585.971 vs 340.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.108 vs 18.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 98.606 vs 23.111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3077 vs 1913
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
1202
1085
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
236
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
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
PassMark - G3D Mark 1202 1085
PassMark - G2D Mark 236 219
Geekbench - OpenCL 3788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.947 8.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 340.824 585.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.982 0.86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.773 20.108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.111 98.606
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2283 2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3299 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1913 3077
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2283 2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3299 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1913 3077
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 414

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK107 Broadway
Launch date 22 March 2012 7 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1215 1217
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 950 MHz
CUDA cores 384
Floating-point performance 652.8 gflops 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 800
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,040 million
Core clock speed 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 28 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized large

API support

DirectX 12 API 11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bus width 128bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type DDR3\GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Memory bandwidth 64.0 GB / s

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
HDMI 1.3a