NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti vs AMD Radeon HD 6950

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Combined performance score

HD 6950
6.74
+3.5%

Radeon HD 6950 outperforms GeForce GTX 650 Ti by 4% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking524533
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.520.61
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameCaymanGK106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date14 December 2010 (13 years old)9 October 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 $149
Current price$320 (1.1x MSRP)$251 (1.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 650 Ti has 17% better value for money than HD 6950.

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 cores1408768
CUDA coresno data768
Core clock speedno data928 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,640 million2,540 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)500 Watt110 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate70.4059.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance2,252.8 gflops1,425 gflops

Size and 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 supportPCIe 2.0 x16PCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm5.7" (14.5 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinOne 6-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz5.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data86.4 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI
Multi monitor supportno data4 Displays
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI++
HDCPno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
DisplayPort support-no data
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data
3D Blu-Rayno data+
3D Gamingno data+
3D Visionno data+

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.3
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkanno data1.1.126
Mantle-no data
CUDAno 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.

HD 6950 6.74
+3.5%
GTX 650 Ti 6.51

Radeon HD 6950 outperforms GeForce GTX 650 Ti by 4% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 6950 2614
+3.6%
GTX 650 Ti 2523

Radeon HD 6950 outperforms GeForce GTX 650 Ti by 4% in Passmark.

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%

HD 6950 3230
GTX 650 Ti 3430
+6.2%

GeForce GTX 650 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 6950 by 6% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 6.74 6.51
Recency 14 December 2010 9 October 2012
Cost $299 $149
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 500 Watt 110 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6950 and GeForce GTX 650 Ti. The differences in performance seem too small.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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