GeForce GTX 650 vs Radeon HD 6790

GeForce GTX 650
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 27 Nov 2013
GeForce GTX 650
Radeon HD 6790
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 4 Apr 2011
Radeon HD 6790

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 650
    100%
  • Radeon HD 6790
    107%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 650
    100%
  • Radeon HD 6790
    109%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 650

85 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6790 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6790

9% higher gaming performance.
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon HD 6790

HWBench recommends Radeon HD 6790

The Radeon HD 6790 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (38 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 6790
GPU NameGK106 ()vsBarts (Barts LE)
Fab Process28 nmvs40 nm
Die Size221 mm²vs255 mm²
Transistors2,540 millionvs1,700 million
Shaders384vs800
Compute Units2vs10
Core clock1058 MHzvs840 MHz
ROPs16vs16
TMUs32vs40

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 6790
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
vs1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 6790
TDP65 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date27 Nov 2013vs4 Apr 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 650
    8.46 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 6790
    13.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 650
    33.90 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 6790
    33.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 650
    80.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 6790
    134.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 650
    812.50 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 6790
    1344.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 650
    2880
  • Radeon HD 6790
    3090

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Alan Wake

  • GeForce GTX 650
    25.2
  • Radeon HD 6790
    30.8

FPS (higher is better)

Batman: Arkham City

  • GeForce GTX 650
    35.8
  • Radeon HD 6790
    34.6

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 650
    23.5
  • Radeon HD 6790
    21.5

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 2

  • GeForce GTX 650
    44.7
  • Radeon HD 6790
    43.5

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis

  • GeForce GTX 650
    18.8
  • Radeon HD 6790
    21.7

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 2

  • GeForce GTX 650
    21.6
  • Radeon HD 6790
    23.3

FPS (higher is better)

Diablo III

  • GeForce GTX 650
    51.7
  • Radeon HD 6790
    56.7

FPS (higher is better)

Dragon Age II

  • GeForce GTX 650
    20.7
  • Radeon HD 6790
    22.1

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2012

  • GeForce GTX 650
    34.5
  • Radeon HD 6790
    36.9

FPS (higher is better)

Max Payne 3

  • GeForce GTX 650
    23
  • Radeon HD 6790
    25.6

FPS (higher is better)

Metro 2033

  • GeForce GTX 650
    11.5
  • Radeon HD 6790
    12.3

FPS (higher is better)

Sleeping Dogs

  • GeForce GTX 650
    20.5
  • Radeon HD 6790
    27.1

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite V2

  • GeForce GTX 650
    19.4
  • Radeon HD 6790
    26.8

FPS (higher is better)

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

  • GeForce GTX 650
    30.6
  • Radeon HD 6790
    33.4

FPS (higher is better)

StarCraft II

  • GeForce GTX 650
    83.4
  • Radeon HD 6790
    66.9

FPS (higher is better)

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

  • GeForce GTX 650
    29.9
  • Radeon HD 6790
    34.1

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Shogun 2

  • GeForce GTX 650
    18.6
  • Radeon HD 6790
    20.3

FPS (higher is better)

Unigine Heaven 2.0

  • GeForce GTX 650
    22.7
  • Radeon HD 6790
    20.4

FPS (higher is better)

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

  • GeForce GTX 650
    32.6
  • Radeon HD 6790
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Alan Wake

  • GeForce GTX 650
    15
  • Radeon HD 6790
    18.6

FPS (higher is better)

Batman: Arkham City

  • GeForce GTX 650
    21.4
  • Radeon HD 6790
    21

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 650
    13.9
  • Radeon HD 6790
    10.9

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 2

  • GeForce GTX 650
    26.3
  • Radeon HD 6790
    26.6

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis

  • GeForce GTX 650
    11.1
  • Radeon HD 6790
    13.1

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 2

  • GeForce GTX 650
    12.5
  • Radeon HD 6790
    14.1

FPS (higher is better)

Diablo III

  • GeForce GTX 650
    34.5
  • Radeon HD 6790
    39.7

FPS (higher is better)

Dragon Age II

  • GeForce GTX 650
    13.3
  • Radeon HD 6790
    15.3

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2012

  • GeForce GTX 650
    23.9
  • Radeon HD 6790
    25.6

FPS (higher is better)

Max Payne 3

  • GeForce GTX 650
    15
  • Radeon HD 6790
    17.3

FPS (higher is better)

Metro 2033

  • GeForce GTX 650
    8.3
  • Radeon HD 6790
    8.7

FPS (higher is better)

Sleeping Dogs

  • GeForce GTX 650
    10.7
  • Radeon HD 6790
    15.8

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite V2

  • GeForce GTX 650
    12.2
  • Radeon HD 6790
    16.9

FPS (higher is better)

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

  • GeForce GTX 650
    18.3
  • Radeon HD 6790
    20.3

FPS (higher is better)

StarCraft II

  • GeForce GTX 650
    52.4
  • Radeon HD 6790
    48.7

FPS (higher is better)

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

  • GeForce GTX 650
    17.5
  • Radeon HD 6790
    20.6

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Shogun 2

  • GeForce GTX 650
    11.1
  • Radeon HD 6790
    12.3

FPS (higher is better)

Unigine Heaven 2.0

  • GeForce GTX 650
    14.7
  • Radeon HD 6790
    13.6

FPS (higher is better)

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

  • GeForce GTX 650
    22.3
  • Radeon HD 6790
    24.6

FPS (higher is better)