NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

499
Place in performance rating
223
22.49
Value for money (0-100)
60.47
Kepler
Architecture
Maxwell
GK107
Code name
GM206
Desktop
Type
Desktop
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
22 January 2015 (6 years ago)
$109
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$247 (2.3x MSRP)
Price now
$444 (2.2x MSRP)
1.09
Value for money
10.46
GK107
GPU code name
GM206
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
1024
1058 MHz
Core clock speed
1127 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
2,940 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
64 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
33.9 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
812.5 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
384
CUDA cores
1024
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
no data
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
1,270 million
Number of transistors
2,940 million
64 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 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 960.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
5.70" (14.5 cm)
Length
9.5" (24.1 cm)
One 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
no data
SLI options
+
no data
Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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 960 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
7.0 GB/s
80.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, the size and number of monitors.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
no data
G-SYNC support
+
4 displays
Multi monitor support
4 displays
+
HDCP
+
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
+
no data
GPU Boost
2.0
+
CUDA
+
no data
GeForce Experience
+
no data
Surround
+
no data
Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
no data
GameStream
+
no data
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
no data
GameWorks
+
+
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.3
OpenGL
4.4
1.1.126
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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 960 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 960
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
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

Cheaper ($247 (2.3x MSRP) vs $444 (2.2x MSRP))

Less power consumption (64 Watt vs 120 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

19.57% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1024 vs 384)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (112 GB/s vs 80.0 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960