NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 vs AMD Radeon HD 6650M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and AMD Radeon HD 6650M 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 33.9 billion / sec vs 14.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 41% better floating-point performance: 812.5 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1751 vs 753
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 224
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3478 vs 1866
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3478 vs 1866
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 November 2013 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed 1058 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.9 billion / sec vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 812.5 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1751 vs 753
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 vs 224
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3478 vs 1866
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3478 vs 1866

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6650M

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
  • 320x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
  • Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5780 vs 4492
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 384
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5780 vs 4492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3334 vs 3332
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3334 vs 3332

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6650M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1751
753
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
361
224
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4492
5780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3478
1866
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3332
3334
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3478
1866
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3332
3334
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 AMD Radeon HD 6650M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1751 753
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 224
Geekbench - OpenCL 4492 5780
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 364.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.499
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3478 1866
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3332 3334
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3478 1866
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3332 3334
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 545

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 AMD Radeon HD 6650M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK106 Whistler
Launch date 27 November 2013 4 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Place in performance rating 1043 1046
Price now $144.81
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 16.05

Technical info

Core clock speed 1058 MHz 600 MHz
CUDA cores 384
Floating-point performance 812.5 gflops 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 480
Texture fill rate 33.9 billion / sec 14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt
Transistor count 2,540 million 716 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini..., 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.38" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.70" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin
Laptop size medium sized

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 80.0 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128-bit GDDR5 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5.0 GB/s 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

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