Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
AMD
Radeon HD 6970
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 14 Dec 2010
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 26 Mar 2013
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon HD 6970103%
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- Radeon HD 6970100%
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost116%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 6970
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Boost
- 16% higher gaming performance.
- 116 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6970 .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
The GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 6970 | GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman XT) | GK106 (GK106-240-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 389 mm² | 221 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,640 million | 2,540 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | 768 |
| Compute Units | 24 | 4 |
| Core clock | 880 MHz | 980 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 24 |
| TMUs | 96 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 6970 | GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6970 | GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | 134 watts |
| Release Date | 14 Dec 2010 | 26 Mar 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 697028.20 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost15.70 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 697084.50 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost62.70 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 6970176.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost144.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 69702703.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost1505.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon HD 69706000
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost5800
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- Radeon HD 697024
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost27
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- Radeon HD 697038
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost45
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- Radeon HD 697031
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost37
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- Radeon HD 697024
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost28
FPS (higher is better)