Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 650 Ti vs Radeon HD 7790
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 9 Oct 2012
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7790
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 22 Mar 2013
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti100%
- Radeon HD 7790128%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti100%
- Radeon HD 7790110%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 650 Ti
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 7790
- 10% higher gaming performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Radeon HD 7790
The Radeon HD 7790 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti | Radeon HD 7790 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-220-A1) | Bonaire (Bonaire XT) |
| 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 | 928 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti | Radeon HD 7790 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti | Radeon HD 7790 |
|---|
| TDP | 110 watts | 85 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Oct 2012 | 22 Mar 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti14.80 GP/s
- Radeon HD 779016.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti59.40 GT/s
- Radeon HD 779056.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti86.40 GB/s
- Radeon HD 779096.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti1425.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 77901792.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti4750
- Radeon HD 77906110
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti21
- Radeon HD 779021
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti25
- Radeon HD 779030
FPS (higher is better)