GeForce GT 650M SLI vs Radeon HD 7690M XT

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GT 650M SLI and Radeon HD 7690M XT, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GT 650M SLI stacks up against Radeon HD 7690M XT, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GT 650M SLI and Radeon HD 7690M XT are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GT 650M SLI and Radeon HD 7690M XT are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GT 650M SLI or Radeon HD 7690M XT here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 650M SLI Radeon HD 7690M XT
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2x2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce GT 650M SLI and Radeon HD 7690M XT have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GT 650M SLI is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7690M XT - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GT 650M SLI is 65 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7690M XT.
  • GeForce GT 650M SLI is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7690M XT - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GT 650M SLI is 400 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7690M XT.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 2−3
ultra / 1080p 7−8 1−2
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 12−14
medium / 1080p 14−16 4−5
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GT 650M SLI in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 200% more, than Radeon HD 7690M XT.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 650M SLI Radeon HD 7690M XT
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name N13E-GE Thames XTX
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 22 March 2012 7 June 2011
Pipelines 768 480
Core clock speed 790 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 835 MHz
Transistor count 716 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 17.40
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops
Memory bus width 2x 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Optimus +
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