NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

499
Place in performance rating
531
22.49
Value for money (0-100)
6.21
Kepler
Architecture
Fermi
GK107
Code name
GF116
Desktop
Type
Desktop
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
15 March 2011 (10 years ago)
$109
Launch price (MSRP)
$149
$247 (2.3x MSRP)
Price now
$141 (0.9x MSRP)
1.09
Value for money
1.47
GK107
GPU code name
GF116
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
192
1058 MHz
Core clock speed
900 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
1,170 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
64 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
116 Watt
33.9 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
28.8 billion/sec
812.5 gflops
Floating-point performance
691.2 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
100 °C
384
CUDA cores
192
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
1,270 million
Number of transistors
1,170 million
64 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
116 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
5.70" (14.5 cm)
Length
8.25" (21 cm)
One 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin
no data
SLI options
+
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
4.38" (11.1 cm)
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
192 Bit
5.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
4.1 GB/s
80.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
98.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti, the size and number of monitors.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI
4 displays
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti is the additional functionality.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.3
OpenGL
4.2
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
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

0.82% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 192)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (64 Watt vs 116 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Cheaper ($141 (0.9x MSRP) vs $247 (2.3x MSRP))

More memory bandwidth (98.4 GB/s vs 80.0 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti performance benchmarks comparison

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