Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost

Place in performance ranking	465	621
Place by popularity	not in top-100	42
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.00	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code name	GK106	Vega Raven Ridge
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	26 March 2013 (11 years ago)	26 October 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	no data
Current price	$285 (1.7x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	512
CUDA cores	768	no data
Core clock speed	980 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	2,540 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	134 Watt	15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	62.7 billion/sec	no data
Floating-point performance	1,585 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost and Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no data

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 type	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	no data
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	no data
Multi monitor support	4 Displays	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision	+	no data
3D Vision Live	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12_1
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.3	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.1.126	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 650 Ti Boost 8.64
+92.4%

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 4.49

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost outperforms Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) by 92% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 650 Ti Boost 4390
+84.4%

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 2381

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost outperforms Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) by 84% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.