GeForce GTX 650 vs Radeon R7 M270

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 650 and Radeon R7 M270, 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 R7 M270, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R7 M270 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 M270 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 Radeon R7 M270 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 650 Radeon R7 M270
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 Not Listed
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 650 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon R7 M270 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 650 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 M270 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 650 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon R7 M270 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 650 is 233 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 M270.
  • GeForce GTX 650 and Radeon R7 M270 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 0−1
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 1−2
medium / 1080p 10−11 0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 650 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1800% more, than Radeon R7 M270.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 650 Radeon R7 M270
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name GK107 Opal XT / Mars
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 6 September 2012 7 January 2014
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 1058 MHz 825 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 33.9 billion/sec 19.80
Floating-point performance 812.5 gflops 633.6 gflops
Length 5.70" (14.5 cm)
Memory bus width 128-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 384
Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 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 +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 26 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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