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    GeForce GTX 650 vs Radeon HD 7850

    GeForce GTX 650
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 27 Nov 2013
    GeForce GTX 650
    Radeon HD 7850
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 5 Mar 2012
    Radeon HD 7850

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 650
      100%
    • Radeon HD 7850
      236%

    Relative performance

    Gaming performance index

    • GeForce GTX 650
      100%
    • Radeon HD 7850
      191%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 650

    65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7850 .
    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 7850

    91% higher gaming performance.
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Mantle
    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    Radeon HD 7850

    HWBench recommends Radeon HD 7850

    The Radeon HD 7850 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 7850
    GPU NameGK106 ()vsPitcairn (Pitcairn PRO)
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size221 mm²vs212 mm²
    Transistors2,540 millionvs2,800 million
    Shaders384vs1024
    Compute Units2vs16
    Core clock1058 MHzvs860 MHz
    ROPs16vs32
    TMUs32vs64

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 7850
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
    Memory Speed1250 MHz
    5000 MHz effective    		vs1200 MHz
    4800 MHz effective
    Memory Size1024 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 7850
    TDP65 wattsvs130 watts
    Release Date27 Nov 2013vs5 Mar 2012

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 650
      8.46 GP/s
    • Radeon HD 7850
      27.50 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 650
      33.90 GT/s
    • Radeon HD 7850
      55.00 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 650
      80.00 GB/s
    • Radeon HD 7850
      154.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 650
      812.50 GFLOPs
    • Radeon HD 7850
      1761.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 650
      2880
    • Radeon HD 7850
      6820

    Points (higher is better)

    Game benchmarks

    Alan Wake

    • GeForce GTX 650
      25.2
    • Radeon HD 7850
      50.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    Batman: Arkham City

    • GeForce GTX 650
      35.8
    • Radeon HD 7850
      59.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 3

    • GeForce GTX 650
      23.5
    • Radeon HD 7850
      43.1

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 2

    • GeForce GTX 650
      44.7
    • Radeon HD 7850
      66.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis

    • GeForce GTX 650
      18.8
    • Radeon HD 7850
      34.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 2

    • GeForce GTX 650
      21.6
    • Radeon HD 7850
      40.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Diablo III

    • GeForce GTX 650
      51.7
    • Radeon HD 7850
      90.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dragon Age II

    • GeForce GTX 650
      20.7
    • Radeon HD 7850
      34.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2012

    • GeForce GTX 650
      34.5
    • Radeon HD 7850
      61

    FPS (higher is better)

    Max Payne 3

    • GeForce GTX 650
      23
    • Radeon HD 7850
      48.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro 2033

    • GeForce GTX 650
      11.5
    • Radeon HD 7850
      21.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sleeping Dogs

    • GeForce GTX 650
      20.5
    • Radeon HD 7850
      46.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite V2

    • GeForce GTX 650
      19.4
    • Radeon HD 7850
      46

    FPS (higher is better)

    STALKER: Call of Pripyat

    • GeForce GTX 650
      30.6
    • Radeon HD 7850
      57.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    StarCraft II

    • GeForce GTX 650
      83.4
    • Radeon HD 7850
      129.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

    • GeForce GTX 650
      29.9
    • Radeon HD 7850
      56.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Shogun 2

    • GeForce GTX 650
      18.6
    • Radeon HD 7850
      28.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    Unigine Heaven 2.0

    • GeForce GTX 650
      22.7
    • Radeon HD 7850
      42.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

    • GeForce GTX 650
      32.6
    • Radeon HD 7850
      66.5

    FPS (higher is better)

    Alan Wake

    • GeForce GTX 650
      15
    • Radeon HD 7850
      31.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Batman: Arkham City

    • GeForce GTX 650
      21.4
    • Radeon HD 7850
      37.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield 3

    • GeForce GTX 650
      13.9
    • Radeon HD 7850
      26.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 2

    • GeForce GTX 650
      26.3
    • Radeon HD 7850
      41

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis

    • GeForce GTX 650
      11.1
    • Radeon HD 7850
      21.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    Crysis 2

    • GeForce GTX 650
      12.5
    • Radeon HD 7850
      24.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    Diablo III

    • GeForce GTX 650
      34.5
    • Radeon HD 7850
      64.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dragon Age II

    • GeForce GTX 650
      13.3
    • Radeon HD 7850
      23.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2012

    • GeForce GTX 650
      23.9
    • Radeon HD 7850
      44.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    Max Payne 3

    • GeForce GTX 650
      15
    • Radeon HD 7850
      32.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro 2033

    • GeForce GTX 650
      8.3
    • Radeon HD 7850
      15.2

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sleeping Dogs

    • GeForce GTX 650
      10.7
    • Radeon HD 7850
      28.6

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite V2

    • GeForce GTX 650
      12.2
    • Radeon HD 7850
      29.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    STALKER: Call of Pripyat

    • GeForce GTX 650
      18.3
    • Radeon HD 7850
      36.4

    FPS (higher is better)

    StarCraft II

    • GeForce GTX 650
      52.4
    • Radeon HD 7850
      87.7

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

    • GeForce GTX 650
      17.5
    • Radeon HD 7850
      41.8

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Shogun 2

    • GeForce GTX 650
      11.1
    • Radeon HD 7850
      17.3

    FPS (higher is better)

    Unigine Heaven 2.0

    • GeForce GTX 650
      14.7
    • Radeon HD 7850
      28.9

    FPS (higher is better)

    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

    • GeForce GTX 650
      22.3
    • Radeon HD 7850
      45.3

    FPS (higher is better)

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