Radeon RX 470D vs GeForce GT 650M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking756not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.75no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGK107Ellesmere
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)21 October 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3841792
Core clock speedUp to 900 MHz926 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHz1206 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate30.40135.1
Floating-point processing power0.7296 TFLOPS4.322 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs32112

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3\GDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1650 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 80.0 GB/s211.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 21 October 2016
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 120 Watt

GT 650M has 166.7% lower power consumption.

RX 470D, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 650M and Radeon RX 470D. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 650M is a notebook card while Radeon RX 470D is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
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