Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost vs Radeon HD 7850
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 26 Mar 2013
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7850
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 5 Mar 2012
DESKTOP
Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost100%
- Radeon HD 7850117%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost105%
- Radeon HD 7850100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
- 5% higher gaming performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7850
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
The GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | Radeon HD 7850 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-240-A1) | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 221 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,540 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 768 | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 4 | 16 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | 860 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | Radeon HD 7850 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | Radeon HD 7850 |
|---|
| TDP | 134 watts | 130 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2013 | 5 Mar 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost15.70 GP/s
- Radeon HD 785027.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost62.70 GT/s
- Radeon HD 785055.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost144.00 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7850154.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost1505.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 78501761.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost5800
- Radeon HD 78506820
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost27
- Radeon HD 785023
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost25
- Radeon HD 785028
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost45
- Radeon HD 785037
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost38
- Radeon HD 785040
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost37
- Radeon HD 785035
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost28
- Radeon HD 785027
FPS (higher is better)