Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 6950 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti
AMD
Radeon HD 6950
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 14 Dec 2010
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 9 Oct 2012
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon HD 6950120%
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- Radeon HD 6950130%
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 6950
- 30% higher gaming performance.
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 650 Ti
- 90 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6950 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon HD 6950
The Radeon HD 6950 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (40 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | GeForce GTX 650 Ti |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman PRO) | GK106 (GK106-220-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 389 mm² | 221 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,640 million | 2,540 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | 768 |
| Compute Units | 22 | 4 |
| Core clock | 800 MHz | 928 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 88 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 6950 | GeForce GTX 650 Ti |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | 1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6950 | GeForce GTX 650 Ti |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | 110 watts |
| Release Date | 14 Dec 2010 | 9 Oct 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 695025.60 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti14.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 695070.40 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti59.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 6950160.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti86.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 69502253.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti1425.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon HD 69505710
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti4750
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Alan Wake
- Radeon HD 695050.8
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti34.6
FPS (higher is better)
Batman: Arkham City
- Radeon HD 695056.8
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti43.1
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield 3
- Radeon HD 695035.9
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti31.5
FPS (higher is better)
Borderlands 2
- Radeon HD 695069.3
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti55.7
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis
- Radeon HD 695034.6
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti25.7
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 2
- Radeon HD 695034.4
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti29.1
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- Radeon HD 695018
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti21
FPS (higher is better)
Diablo III
- Radeon HD 6950100.6
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti76
FPS (higher is better)
Dragon Age II
- Radeon HD 695040.7
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti31.6
FPS (higher is better)
F1 2012
- Radeon HD 695058.7
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti46.5
FPS (higher is better)
Max Payne 3
- Radeon HD 695038.9
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti33.6
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- Radeon HD 695028
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti25
FPS (higher is better)
Metro 2033
- Radeon HD 695021.3
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti13.7
FPS (higher is better)
Sleeping Dogs
- Radeon HD 695044.6
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti31.3
FPS (higher is better)
Sniper Elite V2
- Radeon HD 695045.3
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti28.5
FPS (higher is better)
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
- Radeon HD 695058.1
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti42.1
FPS (higher is better)
StarCraft II
- Radeon HD 6950116.8
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti102.8
FPS (higher is better)
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
- Radeon HD 695054.2
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti38.5
FPS (higher is better)
Total War: Shogun 2
- Radeon HD 695031.6
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti28.1
FPS (higher is better)
Unigine Heaven 2.0
- Radeon HD 695028.7
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti30.2
FPS (higher is better)
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
- Radeon HD 695059.6
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti45.4
FPS (higher is better)
Alan Wake
- Radeon HD 695032.6
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti20.9
FPS (higher is better)
Batman: Arkham City
- Radeon HD 695036.3
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti25
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield 3
- Radeon HD 695022.3
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti18.6
FPS (higher is better)
Borderlands 2
- Radeon HD 695043.8
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti33.3
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis
- Radeon HD 695021.1
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti15.2
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 2
- Radeon HD 695020.9
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti16.3
FPS (higher is better)
Diablo III
- Radeon HD 695072
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti52.2
FPS (higher is better)
Dragon Age II
- Radeon HD 695028.5
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti20.3
FPS (higher is better)
F1 2012
- Radeon HD 695041.9
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti32.6
FPS (higher is better)
Max Payne 3
- Radeon HD 695027
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti22
FPS (higher is better)
Metro 2033
- Radeon HD 695014.5
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti10.6
FPS (higher is better)
Sleeping Dogs
- Radeon HD 695027.7
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti17.3
FPS (higher is better)
Sniper Elite V2
- Radeon HD 695030.4
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti17.8
FPS (higher is better)
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
- Radeon HD 695037.5
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti25.9
FPS (higher is better)
StarCraft II
- Radeon HD 695091.4
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti68.1
FPS (higher is better)
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
- Radeon HD 695029.5
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti23.7
FPS (higher is better)
Total War: Shogun 2
- Radeon HD 695019.1
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti16.3
FPS (higher is better)
Unigine Heaven 2.0
- Radeon HD 695019.7
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti19.4
FPS (higher is better)
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
- Radeon HD 695041.6
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti30.8
FPS (higher is better)