GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost

GeForce GTX 480
Memory: 1536Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 26 Mar 2010
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 26 Mar 2013
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 480
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    101%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 480
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    110%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 480

Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost

10% 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 GeForce GTX 480 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 480GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
GPU NameGF100 (GF100-375-A3)vsGK106 (GK106-240-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size529 mm²vs221 mm²
Transistors3,100 millionvs2,540 million
Shaders480vs768
Compute Units15vs4
Core clock701 MHzvs980 MHz
ROPs48vs24
TMUs60vs64

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 480GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width384 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed924 MHz
3696 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size1536 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 480GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
TDP250 wattsvs134 watts
Release Date26 Mar 2010vs26 Mar 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 480
    21.00 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    15.70 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 480
    42.10 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    62.70 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 480
    177.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    144.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 480
    1345.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    1505.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 480
    5700
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    5800

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 480
    24
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

  • GeForce GTX 480
    39
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 480
    36
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    37

FPS (higher is better)