Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 470
1280 Mb GDDR5
Released 26 Mar 2010
DESKTOP
VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 9 Oct 2012
DESKTOP
Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 470100%
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti101%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 470116%
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 470
- 16% higher gaming performance.
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 650 Ti
- 105 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 470 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 470
The GeForce GTX 470 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 470 | GeForce GTX 650 Ti |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF100 (GF100-275-A3) | GK106 (GK106-220-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | 221 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,100 million | 2,540 million |
| Shaders | 448 | 768 |
| Compute Units | 14 | 4 |
| Core clock | 608 MHz | 928 MHz |
| ROPs | 40 | 16 |
| TMUs | 56 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 470 | GeForce GTX 650 Ti |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 320 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 837 MHz
3348 MHz effective | 1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1280 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 470 | GeForce GTX 650 Ti |
|---|
| TDP | 215 watts | 110 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2010 | 9 Oct 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 47017.00 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti14.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 47034.00 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti59.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 470134.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti86.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 4701089.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti1425.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 4704680
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti4750
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 47029
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti25
FPS (higher is better)