GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost vs Radeon HD 5850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost and Radeon HD 5850, 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 GTX 650 Ti Boost stacks up against Radeon HD 5850, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Radeon HD 5850
Power consumption (TDP) 134 Watt 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5850 has 12% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost.
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 5850 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost is 255 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5850.
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5850 is 232 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5850 is 1994 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 9−10
ultra / 1080p 9−10 5−6
QHD / 1440p 3−4 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 21−24
medium / 1080p 21−24 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Radeon HD 5850.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Radeon HD 5850
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK106 Cypress
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 26 March 2013 30 September 2009
Pipelines 768 1440
Core clock speed 980 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1033 MHz
Transistor count 2,540 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 62.7 billion/sec 52.20
Floating-point performance 1,585 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm) 241 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 144.2 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 768
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 Displays
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
3D Blu-Ray +
3D Gaming +
3D Vision +
3D Vision Live +
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