In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Edition are marginally better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti Gigabyte OC 1GB Edition.

The GTX 650 Ti has a 80 MHz higher core clock speed and the same number of Texture Mapping Units as the GTX 560 Ti. This results in the GTX 650 Ti providing 5.1 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 80 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 560 Ti, but the GTX 560 Ti has 8 more Render Output Units than the GTX 650 Ti. As a result, the GTX 560 Ti exhibits a 5.3 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 GTX 560 Ti, 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 GTX 560 Ti.

The GTX 650 Ti has 1024 MB more video memory than the GTX 560 Ti, so is likely to be much 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 GTX 650 Ti has 16.2 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 560 Ti, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 650 Ti is slightly better than the GTX 560 Ti.

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Edition has 768 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 560 Ti Gigabyte OC 1GB Edition has 384. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 650 Ti is 793 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 560 Ti is 691. The GTX 650 Ti having 102 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 650 Ti delivers a marginally smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GTX 560 Ti.

The GTX 650 Ti transistor size technology is 12 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GTX 560 Ti. This means that the GTX 650 Ti is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GTX 560 Ti. While they exhibit similar graphical performance, the GTX 650 Ti should consume less power than the GTX 560 Ti.

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Edition requires 134 Watts to run but there is no entry for the GeForce GTX 560 Ti Gigabyte OC 1GB Edition. We would recommend a PSU with at least 450 Watts for the GTX 650 Ti.