Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost vs Radeon R7 265
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 26 Mar 2013
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 265
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 13 Feb 2014
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost100%
- Radeon R7 265118%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost100%
- Radeon R7 265112%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 265
- 12% higher gaming performance.
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Radeon R7 265
The Radeon R7 265 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 265 |
|---|
| 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 | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| TDP | 134 watts | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2013 | 13 Feb 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost15.70 GP/s
- Radeon R7 26529.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost62.70 GT/s
- Radeon R7 26559.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost144.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 265179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost1505.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 2651894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost5800
- Radeon R7 2656900
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost27
- Radeon R7 26529
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost25
- Radeon R7 26532
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost45
- Radeon R7 26546
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost38
- Radeon R7 26545
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost37
- Radeon R7 26539
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost28
- Radeon R7 26531
FPS (higher is better)