In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Gainward 1GB Edition are marginally better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 275.

The GTX 650 Ti has a 295 MHz higher core clock speed but 16 fewer Texture Mapping Units than the GeForce GTX 275. The lower TMU count doesn't matter, though, as altogether the GTX 650 Ti manages to provide 8.8 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.

The GTX 650 Ti has a 295 MHz higher core clock speed than the GeForce GTX 275, but the GeForce GTX 275 has 12 more Render Output Units than the GTX 650 Ti. As a result, the GeForce GTX 275 exhibits a 2.9 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the GTX 650 Ti. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.

The GTX 650 Ti was released over a year more recently than the GeForce GTX 275, and so the GTX 650 Ti is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the GeForce GTX 275.

The GTX 650 Ti has 128 MB more video memory than the GeForce GTX 275, so is likely to be slightly better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the GTX 650 Ti also has superior memory performance overall.

The GeForce GTX 275 has 40.6 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 650 Ti, which means that the memory performance of the GeForce GTX 275 is noticeably better than the GTX 650 Ti.

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti Gainward 1GB Edition has 768 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 275 has 240. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 650 Ti is 713 and the actual shader performance of the GeForce GTX 275 is 349. The GTX 650 Ti having 364 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the GeForce GTX 275 performs better when taking into account other relevant data.

The GTX 650 Ti transistor size technology is 27 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GeForce GTX 275. This means that the GTX 650 Ti is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GeForce GTX 275. While they exhibit similar graphical performance, the GTX 650 Ti should consume less power than the GeForce GTX 275.

The GeForce GTX 275 requires 219 Watts to run but there is no entry for the GTX 650 Ti. We would recommend a PSU with at least 550 Watts for the GeForce GTX 275, but we do not have a recommended PSU wattage for the GTX 650 Ti.