GeForce GTX 670 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

GeForce GTX 670
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 10 May 2012
GeForce GTX 670
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 9 Oct 2012
GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 670
    196%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 670
    210%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 670

110% higher gaming performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GeForce GTX 650 Ti

60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 670 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 670

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 670

The GeForce GTX 670 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (40 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 670GeForce GTX 650 Ti
GPU NameGK104 (GK104-325-A2)vsGK106 (GK106-220-A1)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size294 mm²vs221 mm²
Transistors3,540 millionvs2,540 million
Shaders1344vs768
Compute Units7vs4
Core clock915 MHzvs928 MHz
ROPs32vs16
TMUs112vs64

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 670GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 670GeForce GTX 650 Ti
TDP170 wattsvs110 watts
Release Date10 May 2012vs9 Oct 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 670
    25.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    14.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 670
    102.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    59.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 670
    192.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    86.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 670
    2460.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    1425.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 670
    9330
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    4750

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Alan Wake

  • GeForce GTX 670
    73.9
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    34.6

FPS (higher is better)

Batman: Arkham City

  • GeForce GTX 670
    89.4
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    43.1

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 670
    67.5
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    31.5

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    109
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    55.7

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis

  • GeForce GTX 670
    50.7
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    25.7

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    62.8
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    29.1

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 670
    42
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    21

FPS (higher is better)

Diablo III

  • GeForce GTX 670
    159.7
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    76

FPS (higher is better)

Dragon Age II

  • GeForce GTX 670
    62.3
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    31.6

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2012

  • GeForce GTX 670
    96.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    46.5

FPS (higher is better)

Max Payne 3

  • GeForce GTX 670
    69.1
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    33.6

FPS (higher is better)

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 670
    55
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Metro 2033

  • GeForce GTX 670
    28
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    13.7

FPS (higher is better)

Sleeping Dogs

  • GeForce GTX 670
    63.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    31.3

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite V2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    58.7
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    28.5

FPS (higher is better)

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

  • GeForce GTX 670
    89.7
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    42.1

FPS (higher is better)

StarCraft II

  • GeForce GTX 670
    219.1
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    102.8

FPS (higher is better)

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

  • GeForce GTX 670
    75.9
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    38.5

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Shogun 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    55.8
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    28.1

FPS (higher is better)

Unigine Heaven 2.0

  • GeForce GTX 670
    63.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    30.2

FPS (higher is better)

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

  • GeForce GTX 670
    98.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    45.4

FPS (higher is better)

Alan Wake

  • GeForce GTX 670
    44.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    20.9

FPS (higher is better)

Batman: Arkham City

  • GeForce GTX 670
    55.4
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 670
    41.3
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    18.6

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    73.1
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    33.3

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis

  • GeForce GTX 670
    31
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    15.2

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    36.4
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    16.3

FPS (higher is better)

Diablo III

  • GeForce GTX 670
    107.7
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    52.2

FPS (higher is better)

Dragon Age II

  • GeForce GTX 670
    41.8
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    20.3

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2012

  • GeForce GTX 670
    68.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    32.6

FPS (higher is better)

Max Payne 3

  • GeForce GTX 670
    46.5
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Metro 2033

  • GeForce GTX 670
    21.1
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    10.6

FPS (higher is better)

Sleeping Dogs

  • GeForce GTX 670
    37.3
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    17.3

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite V2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    37.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    17.8

FPS (higher is better)

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

  • GeForce GTX 670
    55.5
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    25.9

FPS (higher is better)

StarCraft II

  • GeForce GTX 670
    146.9
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    68.1

FPS (higher is better)

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

  • GeForce GTX 670
    55.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    23.7

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Shogun 2

  • GeForce GTX 670
    33.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    16.3

FPS (higher is better)

Unigine Heaven 2.0

  • GeForce GTX 670
    41.6
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    19.4

FPS (higher is better)

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

  • GeForce GTX 670
    69.7
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    30.8

FPS (higher is better)