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GeForce GTX 650 vs Radeon HD 5970
Intro
The GeForce GTX 650 uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1058 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1250 MHz on this specific model. It features 384 SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare all that to the Radeon HD 5970, which has GPU clock speed of 725 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1600 Stream Processors, 160 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 650 |
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64 Watts |
| Radeon HD 5970 |
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294 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 5970 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 650 in general. (explain)
| Radeon HD 5970 |
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256000 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 650 |
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80000 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 5970 will be quite a bit (about 585%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)| Radeon HD 5970 |
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232000 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 650 |
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33856 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Radeon HD 5970 should be quite a bit (approximately 448%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 650, and able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)| Radeon HD 5970 |
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92800 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 650 |
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16928 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.
Price Comparison
Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords, and might not be the exact same card listed on this page. We have no control over the accuracy of their search results.
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 650 | Radeon HD 5970 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | ATi |
| Year | September 2012 | November 2009 |
| Code Name | GK107 | Hemlock XT |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe x16 |
| Memory | 2048 MB | 1024 MB (x2) |
| Core Speed | 1058 MHz | 725 MHz (x2) |
| Shader Speed | 1058 MHz | (N/A) MHz (x2) |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz (5000 MHz effective) | 1000 MHz (4000 MHz effective) (x2) |
| Unified Shaders | 384 | 1600 (x2) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 32 | 160 (x2) |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 64 (x2) |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128-bit | 256-bit (x2) |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11.1 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.3 | OpenGL 4.1 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 64 watts | 294 watts |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 80000 MB/sec | 256000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 33856 Mtexels/sec | 232000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 16928 Mpixels/sec | 92800 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
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