Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 650 Ti vs Radeon R7 260X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 9 Oct 2012
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 260X
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Oct 2013
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti100%
- Radeon R7 260X131%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti100%
- Radeon R7 260X112%
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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R7 260X
- 12% higher gaming performance.
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R7 260X
The Radeon R7 260X 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 R7 260X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK106 (GK106-220-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 | 928 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| TDP | 110 watts | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Oct 2012 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti14.80 GP/s
- Radeon R7 260X17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti59.40 GT/s
- Radeon R7 260X61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti86.40 GB/s
- Radeon R7 260X104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti1425.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 260X1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti4750
- Radeon R7 260X6260
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti21
- Radeon R7 260X23
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti25
- Radeon R7 260X29
FPS (higher is better)