Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 650 Ti vs Radeon R7 250X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 9 Oct 2012
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 250X
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 13 Feb 2014
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti118%
- Radeon R7 250X100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 650 Ti
- Around 18% higher average synthetic 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 250X
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GeForce GTX 650 Ti
The GeForce GTX 650 Ti is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti | Radeon R7 250X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-220-A1) | Cape Verde (Cape Verde XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 221 mm² | 123 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,540 million | 1,500 million |
| Shaders | 768 | 640 |
| Compute Units | 4 | 10 |
| Core clock | 928 MHz | 950 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | 40 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti | Radeon R7 250X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective | 1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti | Radeon R7 250X |
|---|
| TDP | 110 watts | 80 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Oct 2012 | 13 Feb 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti14.80 GP/s
- Radeon R7 250X15.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti59.40 GT/s
- Radeon R7 250X38.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti86.40 GB/s
- Radeon R7 250X72.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti1425.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 250X1216.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti4750
- Radeon R7 250X4020
Points (higher is better)