NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 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 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 59.2 billion / sec vs 47.2 billion / sec
  • 6x more pipelines: 768 vs 128
  • 3.7x better floating-point performance: 1,425 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2527 vs 591
  • 7.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 54
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3707 vs 3108
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3707 vs 3108
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 October 2012 vs 4 March 2009
Texture fill rate 59.2 billion / sec vs 47.2 billion / sec
Pipelines 768 vs 128
Floating-point performance 1,425 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2527 vs 591
PassMark - G2D Mark 416 vs 54
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3707 vs 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3707 vs 3108

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

  • Around 98% higher core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 928 MHz
  • 220x more memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 5.4 GB/s
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1836 MHz vs 928 MHz
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz vs 5.4 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 3335

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2527
591
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
416
54
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3707
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3335
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3707
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3335
3351
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
PassMark - G3D Mark 2527 591
PassMark - G2D Mark 416 54
Geekbench - OpenCL 7900
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 23.168
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 592.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.29
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 47.404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3948
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3707 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3335 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3948
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3707 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3335 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 881

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla
Code name GK106 G92B
Launch date 9 October 2012 4 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $149 $199
Place in performance rating 846 1021
Price now $169.99 $114.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 18.72 9.91

Technical info

Core clock speed 928 MHz 1836 MHz
CUDA cores 768 128
Floating-point performance 1,425 gflops 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C 105 °C
Pipelines 768 128
Texture fill rate 59.2 billion / sec 47.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 2,540 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm) 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin 6-pin
SLI options 2-way3-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.3 3.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB / s 70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5.4 GB/s 1100 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

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