Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce GTX 650
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 560
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 17 May 2011
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 650
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 27 Nov 2013
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 560138%
- GeForce GTX 650100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 560
- Around 38% higher average synthetic 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
- 85 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 560 .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 560
The GeForce GTX 560 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 | GeForce GTX 650 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF114 (GF114-325-A1) | GK106 () |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 332 mm² | 221 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,950 million | 2,540 million |
| Shaders | 336 | 384 |
| Compute Units | 7 | 2 |
| Core clock | 810 MHz | 1058 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 56 | 32 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 | GeForce GTX 650 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 560 | GeForce GTX 650 |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | 65 watts |
| Release Date | 17 May 2011 | 27 Nov 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 56011.30 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 6508.46 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 56045.40 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 65033.90 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 560128.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 65080.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 5601089.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 650812.50 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 5603980
- GeForce GTX 6502880
Points (higher is better)