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GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB vs GeForce GTX 870M

Intro

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB comes with a core clock speed of 928 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1350 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 768 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 870M, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 941 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this specific card. It features 1344 SPUs as well as 112 TAUs and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 870M should be a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 870M 96000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB 86400 MB/sec
Difference: 9600 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 870M is quite a bit (about 77%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 870M 105392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB 59392 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 46000 (77%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 870M is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 870M 22584 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB 14848 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 7736 (52%)

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.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB GeForce GTX 870M
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2012 March 12 2014
Code Name GK106 GK104
Memory 2048 MB 3072 MB
Core Speed 928 MHz 941 MHz
Memory Speed 5400 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 110 watts 110 watts
Bandwidth 86400 MB/sec 96000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 59392 Mtexels/sec 105392 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 14848 Mpixels/sec 22584 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 768 1344
Texture Mapping Units 64 112
Render Output Units 16 24
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 192-bit
Fab Process 28 nm 28 nm
Transistors 2540 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11.0 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.3 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs 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 fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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