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    GeForce GT 650M vs Radeon HD 7870M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GT 650M and Radeon HD 7870M, 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 stacks up against Radeon HD 7870M, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GT 650M and Radeon HD 7870M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GT 650M and Radeon HD 7870M 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 or Radeon HD 7870M here:

    GeForce GT 650M Laptops
    Radeon HD 7870M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GT 650M Radeon HD 7870M
    Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 45 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Memory type DDR3\GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 45 Watt.
    • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • GeForce GT 650M and Radeon HD 7870M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GT 650M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7870M - with GCN.
    • GeForce GT 650M and Radeon HD 7870M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870M is 2200 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 650M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 6−7
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 4−5
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 14−16 16−18
    medium / 1080p 5−6 8−9
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than GeForce GT 650M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GT 650M Radeon HD 7870M
    Architecture Kepler GCN
    Code name N13E-GE Heathrow XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 22 March 2012 24 April 2012
    Pipelines 384 640
    Core clock speed 800 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz
    Transistor count 1,270 million 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 32.00
    Floating-point performance 652.8 gflops 1,024 gflops
    Memory bus width 128bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1800 - 4000 MHz 4000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 API 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 384
    Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
    HDMI +
    HDCP +
    Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536
    3D Blu-Ray +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 21 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized large
    Optimus +
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