NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650  vs  AMD Radeon RX 550.

499
Place in performance rating
398
22.49
Value for money (0-100)
32.72
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 4.0
GK107
Code name
Lexa
Desktop
Type
Desktop
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
20 April 2017 (4 years ago)
$109
Launch price (MSRP)
$79
$247 (2.3x MSRP)
Price now
$851 (10.8x MSRP)
1.09
Value for money
2.89
GK107
GPU code name
Lexa
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650  vs  AMD Radeon RX 550 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

384
Pipelines
512
1058 MHz
Core clock speed
1100 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
1183 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
64 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
33.9 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
37.86
812.5 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,211 gflops
384
CUDA cores
no data
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
no data
Boost clock speed
1183 MHz
1,270 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
64 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and AMD Radeon RX 550 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
5.70" (14.5 cm)
Length
145 mm
One 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.38" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 vs AMD Radeon RX 550.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128-bit GDDR5
Memory bus width
128 Bit
5.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
80.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 vs AMD Radeon RX 550.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and AMD Radeon RX 550 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.3
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and AMD Radeon RX 550 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or AMD Radeon RX 550 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
AMD Radeon RX 550
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
AMD Radeon RX 550
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
AMD Radeon RX 550
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
AMD Radeon RX 550
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
AMD Radeon RX 550
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Cheaper ($247 (2.3x MSRP) vs $851 (10.8x MSRP))

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550

3.16% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (512 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 64 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (112.0 GB/s vs 80.0 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or AMD Radeon RX 550?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 550 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 versus AMD Radeon RX 550 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.8 Out of 198 Hitesti Score
4.0 Out of 297 Hitesti Score