GeForce GTX 650 vs Radeon R7 Carrizo

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

Radeon R7 Carrizo is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 Carrizo 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 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 650 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • GeForce GTX 650 has 433% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.
  • GeForce GTX 650 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 650 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce GTX 650 and Radeon R7 Carrizo are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 2−3
ultra / 1080p 5−6 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 12−14
medium / 1080p 10−11 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 650 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 71% more, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 650 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GK107 Carrizo
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 6 September 2012 4 June 2015
Pipelines 384 512
Core clock speed 1058 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 33.9 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 812.5 gflops
Length 5.70" (14.5 cm)
Memory bus width 128-bit GDDR5 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.3
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
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 +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 26 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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