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In short — Radeon HD 7970 outperforms the cheaper GeForce GTX 650 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce GTX 650 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon HD 7970 is 706 days older than the cheaper GeForce GTX 650.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 - 3 vs 1 GB
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
- Up to 43% cheaper than Radeon HD 7970 - $99.99 vs $175.0
- Up to 43% better value when playing Forza Horizon 5 than Radeon HD 7970 - $99.99 vs $175.0 per FPS
- Consumes up to 74% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 65 vs 250 Watts
Forza Horizon 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G
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GeForce GTX 650
Desktop • Nov 27th, 2013
FPS
1
100%
Value, $/FPS
$99.99/FPS
100%
Price, $
$99.99
100%
Value Winner
EVGA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB GDDR5 DVI mHDMI Graphics Card 01G-P4-2650-KR
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
GeForce GTX 650
Desktop • Nov 27th, 2013
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 650
Desktop • Nov 27th, 2013
Pixel Fillrate
8.464 GPixel/s
28%
Texel Fillrate
33.86 GTexel/s
28%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Nov 27th, 2013 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | GeForce 600 |
| $549 | MSRP | Not Available |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
3 GB | Memory | 1 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 80 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1058 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1250 MHz |
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