GeForce GTX 650 vs Radeon HD 7990

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 650 and Radeon HD 7990, 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 stacks up against Radeon HD 7990, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 650 Radeon HD 7990
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7990 has 485% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 650.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 7990 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 650.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 650 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7990 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 650 is 108 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7990.
  • GeForce GTX 650 and Radeon HD 7990 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7990 is 302 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 650.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7990 is 5995 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 650.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 18−20 60−65
medium / 1080p 10−11 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7990 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than GeForce GTX 650.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 650 Radeon HD 7990
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK107 Malta
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 6 September 2012 24 April 2013
Pipelines 384 2048
Core clock speed 1058 MHz 950 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 33.9 billion/sec 128.0
Floating-point performance 812.5 gflops 2x 4,096 gflops
Length 5.70" (14.5 cm) 307 mm
Memory bus width 128-bit GDDR5 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5.0 GB/s 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 384
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.38" (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 +
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