NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7770
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7770

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and AMD Radeon HD 7770. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

499
Place in performance rating
451
22.49
Value for money (0-100)
7.03
Kepler
Architecture
GCN
GK107
Code name
Cape Verde
Desktop
Type
Desktop
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
15 February 2012 (9 years ago)
$109
Launch price (MSRP)
$129.99
$247 (2.3x MSRP)
Price now
$157 (1.2x MSRP)
1.09
Value for money
2.66
GK107
GPU code name
Cape Verde
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and AMD Radeon HD 7770 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
640
1058 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
no data
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
64 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
33.9 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
40.00
812.5 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
384
CUDA cores
no data
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
1,270 million
Number of transistors
1,500 million
64 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
80 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and AMD Radeon HD 7770.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
5.70" (14.5 cm)
Length
210 mm
One 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.38" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and AMD Radeon HD 7770 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
128 Bit
5.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
4500 MHz
80.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and AMD Radeon HD 7770, the size and number of monitors.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
no data
Eyefinity
+
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and AMD Radeon HD 7770 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
no data
CrossFire
+
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and AMD Radeon HD 7770. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
4.3
OpenGL
no data
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and AMD Radeon HD 7770 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or AMD Radeon HD 7770 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
AMD Radeon HD 7770
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
AMD Radeon HD 7770
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
AMD Radeon HD 7770
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
AMD Radeon HD 7770
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
AMD Radeon HD 7770
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

More memory bandwidth (80.0 GB/s vs 72 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7770

1.81% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($157 (1.2x MSRP) vs $247 (2.3x MSRP))

More pipelines (640 vs 384)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or AMD Radeon HD 7770?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7770 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 versus AMD Radeon HD 7770 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon HD 7770