NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti vs AMD Radeon HD 6790

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti and AMD Radeon HD 6790 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 928 MHz vs 840 MHz
  • Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 59.2 billion / sec vs 33.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 6% better floating-point performance: 1,425 gflops vs 1,344.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2527 vs 1590
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 411 vs 367
  • Around 88% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 23.168 vs 12.318
  • Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.141 vs 1.234
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3948 vs 3127
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3707 vs 3534
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3948 vs 3127
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3707 vs 3534
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 October 2012 vs 4 April 2011
Core clock speed 928 MHz vs 840 MHz
Texture fill rate 59.2 billion / sec vs 33.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,425 gflops vs 1,344.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2527 vs 1590
PassMark - G2D Mark 411 vs 367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 23.168 vs 12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.141 vs 1.234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3948 vs 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3707 vs 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3948 vs 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3707 vs 3534

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790

  • Around 4% higher pipelines: 800 vs 768
  • 840x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 5.4 GB/s
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 750.421 vs 592.345
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 28.768 vs 28.29
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 121.423 vs 47.404
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 800 vs 768
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz vs 5.4 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 750.421 vs 592.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.768 vs 28.29
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 121.423 vs 47.404
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 3335

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6790

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2527
1590
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
411
367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23.168
12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
592.345
750.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.141
1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.29
28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
47.404
121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3948
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3707
3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3335
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3948
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3707
3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3335
3350
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMD Radeon HD 6790
PassMark - G3D Mark 2527 1590
PassMark - G2D Mark 411 367
Geekbench - OpenCL 7971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 23.168 12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 592.345 750.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.141 1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.29 28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 47.404 121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3948 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3707 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3335 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3948 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3707 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3335 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 881

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMD Radeon HD 6790

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK106 Barts
Launch date 9 October 2012 4 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $149 $149
Place in performance rating 878 880
Price now $169.99 $64.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 18.72 39.40

Technical info

Core clock speed 928 MHz 840 MHz
CUDA cores 768
Floating-point performance 1,425 gflops 1,344.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 768 800
Texture fill rate 59.2 billion / sec 33.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 2,540 million 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.3 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB / s 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5.4 GB/s 4200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
TXAA