Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | Radeon HD 7850 XFX Ultra OC Edition | GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Golden Sample Edition |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 154% | 153% |
| Hitman 3 | 231% | 229% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 133% | 131% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 125% | 124% |
| FIFA 21 | 28% | 27% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 258% | 256% |
| Far Cry 6 | 268% | 266% |
| Genshin Impact | 154% | 153% |
| World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | 265% | 262% |
| Battlefield 6 | 231% | 229% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Golden Sample Edition are marginally better than the AMD Radeon HD 7850 XFX Ultra OC Edition.
The GTX 650 Ti has a 31 MHz higher core clock speed and the same number of Texture Mapping Units as the HD 7850. This results in the GTX 650 Ti providing 2 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 31 MHz higher core clock speed than the HD 7850, but the HD 7850 has 8 more Render Output Units than the GTX 650 Ti. As a result, the HD 7850 exhibits a 7.1 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 less than a year after the HD 7850, and so they are likely to have similar driver support for optimizing performance when running the latest games.
The Radeon HD 7850 XFX Ultra OC Edition and the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Golden Sample Edition have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The HD 7850 has 31.1 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 650 Ti, which means that the memory performance of the HD 7850 is noticeably better than the GTX 650 Ti.
The Radeon HD 7850 XFX Ultra OC Edition has 1024 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Golden Sample Edition has 768. However, the actual shader performance of the HD 7850 is 849 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 650 Ti is 823. The HD 7850 having 26 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the HD 7850 delivers a noticeably smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GTX 650 Ti.
We would recommend a PSU with at least 500 Watts for the HD 7850.
| Core Speed | 975 MHz | vs |  | 1006 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | - | vs | | 1072 MHz | |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 Pitcairn PRO | Kepler GK106-240-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | Fair |
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| Driver Support | Good | vs | Good | ||
| Release Date | 01 Jun 2012 | vs | | 26 Mar 2013 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
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| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | - | |
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| 1600x900 | 8.5
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8.5
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| 1920x1080 | 6.6
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6.6
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| 2560x1440 | 4.9
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vs | 4.8
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| 3840x2160 | 3.1
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vs | 3
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| Memory | 1024 MB | | vs | | 1024 MB |
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| Memory Speed | 1200 MHz | vs | | 1276 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 256 Bit | | vs | 192 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 153.6GB/sec | | vs | 122.5GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | |
vs | 384 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 1024 | | vs | 768 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 41% | | vs | 40% | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 64 | | vs | | 64 |
| Texture Rate | 62.4 GTexel/s | vs | | 64.4 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 32 | | vs | 24 | |
| Pixel Rate | 31.2 GPixel/s | | vs | 24.1 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | | 4096x2160 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 2 | | vs | | 2 |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | - | - | |||
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| Recommended PSU | 500 Watts | - | |||
| DirectX | 12.0 | | vs | | 12.0 |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.4 | vs | | 4.5 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
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| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i5-3330 3.0GHz | | vs | Intel Core i5-3450 3.1GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | | vs | | 1920x1080 |
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| Mini Review | Radeon HD 7850 XFX Ultra OC Edition is a special edition of the powerful Radeon HD 7850. See the standard version for more information about it. The differences include an increase on the core-clock that went from 860MHz to 975MHz. Benchmarks indicate a 7% boost when compared to the standard edition. | GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Golden Sample Edition is a special edition of the fast-middle-class GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Edition (not to be confused with the reference GeForce GTX 650 Ti). This GFX has its central unit overclocked out of the box from 980MHz to 1006MHz (up to 1072MHz in Turbo), while the memory clock was increased to 1276MHz and the cooling system has been upgraded to a dual-fan. Benchmarks indicate a 3.5% performance boost, when compared to the reference card. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | ||||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||