AMD Radeon R7 250E vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

General info

Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.

Place in performance rating	550	not rated
Place by popularity	26	no data
Value for money	0.41	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GK107	Cape Verde
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	6 September 2012 (10 years old)	20 December 2013 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$109
Current price	$291 (2.7x MSRP)	$599 (5.5x MSRP)

Technical specs

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	384	512
CUDA cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	800 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	64 Watt	55 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.9 billion/sec	25.60
Floating-point performance	812.5 gflops	819.2 gflops

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on 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).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	5.70" (14.5 cm)	168 mm
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128-bit GDDR5	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5.0 GB/s	4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB/s	72 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Mini HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

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

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 650 and Radeon R7 250E. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)

26 Mh/s

98 Mh/s

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	6 September 2012	20 December 2013
Memory bandwidth	80	72
Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	512
Thermal design power (TDP)	64 Watt	55 Watt

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