Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost vs Radeon R7 260X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 26 Mar 2013
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon R7 260X
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Oct 2013
DESKTOP
Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost100%
- Radeon R7 260X107%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost119%
- Radeon R7 260X100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
- 19% higher gaming performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R7 260X
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R7 260X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-240-A1) | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 221 mm² | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,540 million | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 768 | 896 |
| Compute Units | 4 | 14 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| TDP | 134 watts | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2013 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost15.70 GP/s
- Radeon R7 260X17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost62.70 GT/s
- Radeon R7 260X61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost144.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 260X104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost1505.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 260X1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost5800
- Radeon R7 260X6260
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost27
- Radeon R7 260X22
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost25
- Radeon R7 260X23
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost45
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost38
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost37
- Radeon R7 260X29
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost28
- Radeon R7 260X26
FPS (higher is better)