Radeon RX Vega 2 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking495not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.25no data
Power efficiency4.45no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGK106Vega Raven Ridge
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date26 March 2013 (11 years ago)7 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$169 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores768128
Core clock speed980 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1033 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors2,540 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)134 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate66.05no data
Floating-point processing power1.585 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24no data
TMUs64no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortno data
Multi monitor support4 Displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.3no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 March 2013 7 January 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 134 Watt 15 Watt

RX Vega 2 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 793.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost and Radeon RX Vega 2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 2 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
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