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    GeForce GT 650M SLI vs Radeon HD 8970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GT 650M SLI and Radeon HD 8970M, 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 GT 650M SLI stacks up against Radeon HD 8970M, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GT 650M SLI and Radeon HD 8970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GT 650M SLI and Radeon HD 8970M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 GeForce GT 650M SLI or Radeon HD 8970M here:

    GeForce GT 650M SLI Laptops
    Radeon HD 8970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GT 650M SLI Radeon HD 8970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2x2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 8970M has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GT 650M SLI.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GT 650M SLI is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 8970M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8970M is 60 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 650M SLI.
    • GeForce GT 650M SLI and Radeon HD 8970M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8970M is 800 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 650M SLI.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 12−14 20−22
    ultra / 1080p 7−8 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 2−3 6−7
    4K / 2160p − 5−6
    low / 720p 24−27 35−40
    medium / 1080p 14−16 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than GeForce GT 650M SLI.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GT 650M SLI Radeon HD 8970M
    Architecture Kepler GCN
    Code name N13E-GE Neptune
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 22 March 2012 15 May 2013
    Pipelines 768 1280
    Core clock speed 790 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 835 MHz 900 MHz
    Transistor count 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 72.00
    Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops
    Memory bus width 2x 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 273 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized large
    Optimus +
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