NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost vs AMD Radeon HD 6870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost and AMD Radeon HD 6870 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 GTX 650 Ti Boost

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 62.7 billion / sec vs 50.4 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 134 Watt vs 151 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3383 vs 2209
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 464 vs 416
  • Around 92% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9492 vs 4950
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.21 vs 16.41
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.026 vs 1.346
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 March 2013 vs 21 October 2010
Boost clock speed 1033 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate 62.7 billion / sec vs 50.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 134 Watt vs 151 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3383 vs 2209
PassMark - G2D Mark 464 vs 416
Geekbench - OpenCL 9492 vs 4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.21 vs 16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.026 vs 1.346

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870

  • Around 46% higher pipelines: 1120 vs 768
  • Around 27% better floating-point performance: 2,016.0 gflops vs 1,585 gflops
  • 175x more memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
  • Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 857.798 vs 561.43
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 45.514 vs 30.868
  • 3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 184.41 vs 51.009
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4238 vs 3426
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 3642
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3242
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4238 vs 3426
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 3642
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3242
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1120 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2,016.0 gflops vs 1,585 gflops
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 857.798 vs 561.43
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 45.514 vs 30.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 184.41 vs 51.009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4238 vs 3426
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3711 vs 3642
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3242
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4238 vs 3426
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3711 vs 3642
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3242

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3383
2209
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
464
416
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9492
4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25.21
16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
561.43
857.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.026
1.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
30.868
45.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
51.009
184.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3426
4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3642
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3242
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3426
4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3642
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3242
3349
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost AMD Radeon HD 6870
PassMark - G3D Mark 3383 2209
PassMark - G2D Mark 464 416
Geekbench - OpenCL 9492 4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.21 16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 561.43 857.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.026 1.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.868 45.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 51.009 184.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3426 4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3642 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3242 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3426 4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3642 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3242 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1106 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost AMD Radeon HD 6870

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK106 Barts
Launch date 26 March 2013 21 October 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $169 $239
Place in performance rating 814 817
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Price now $89.99
Value for money (0-100) 38.38

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1033 MHz 900 MHz
Core clock speed 980 MHz
CUDA cores 768
Floating-point performance 1,585 gflops 2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 768 1120
Texture fill rate 62.7 billion / sec 50.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 134 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 2,540 million 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI... 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x16
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm) 220 mm
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.3 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 144.2 GB / s 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s 1050 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire