GeForce GTX 650 Ti vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 650 Ti and Maxwell GPU Surface Book, 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 stacks up against Maxwell GPU Surface Book, check out specs charts below.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 650 Ti Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti is build with Kepler architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 26 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 650 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti and Maxwell GPU Surface Book are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 5007 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 650 Ti.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 8−9
ultra / 1080p 7−8 5−6
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 20−22
medium / 1080p 16−18 10−12
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 650 Ti in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 45% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 650 Ti Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Architecture Kepler Maxwell
Code name GK106 Surface Book
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 9 October 2012 1 October 2015
Pipelines 768 384
Core clock speed 928 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 2,540 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 59.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 1,425 gflops
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5.4 GB/s 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.3
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA + +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.1 kh/s
CUDA cores 768
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Multi monitor support 4 Displays
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
3D Blu-Ray +
3D Gaming +
3D Vision +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 49 Mh/s
Optimus +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.26 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 5 Mh/s
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