NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 vs AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM 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 month(s) later
  • Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 77% higher texture fill rate: 33.9 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 32% better floating-point performance: 812.5 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2663 vs 1166
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3478 vs 2589
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2663 vs 1166
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3478 vs 2589
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 November 2013 vs 5 September 2013
Core clock speed 1058 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.9 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 812.5 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2663 vs 1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3478 vs 2589
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2663 vs 1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3478 vs 2589

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

  • Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 64 Watt
  • 900x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4574 vs 3332
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4574 vs 3332
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 47 Watt vs 64 Watt
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4574 vs 3332
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4574 vs 3332

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2663
1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3478
2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3332
4574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2663
1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3478
2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3332
4574
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 1751
PassMark - G2D Mark 368
Geekbench - OpenCL 4486
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 1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3478 2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3332 4574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2663 1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3478 2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3332 4574
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 545

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK106 Cape Verde
Launch date 27 November 2013 5 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Place in performance rating 1029 1031
Price now $144.81
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 16.05

Technical info

Core clock speed 1058 MHz 800 MHz
CUDA cores 384
Floating-point performance 812.5 gflops 614.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 33.9 billion / sec 19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt 47 Watt
Transistor count 2,540 million 1,500 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 1x 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 4.38" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 5.70" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.3 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB / s 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128-bit GDDR5 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5.0 GB/s 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

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