GeForce GTX 650 vs Radeon R9 380X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 650 and Radeon R9 380X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 650 and Radeon R9 380X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 650 Radeon R9 380X
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380X has 196% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 650.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon R9 380X has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 650.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 650 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
  • GeForce GTX 650 and Radeon R9 380X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 380X is 216 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 650.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 380X is 965 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 R9 380X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than GeForce GTX 650.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 650 Radeon R9 380X
Architecture Kepler GCN 3.0
Code name GK107 Antigua
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 6 September 2012 19 November 2015
Pipelines 384 2048
Core clock speed 1058 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 33.9 billion/sec 124.2
Floating-point performance 812.5 gflops 3,973 gflops
Length 5.70" (14.5 cm) 221 mm
Memory bus width 128-bit GDDR5 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5.0 GB/s 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.3 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.58 kh/s
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
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.89 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.63 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 175 Sol/s
Compute units 32
Form factor full height / full length
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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