GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GA102 vs GTX 650 Ti Boost

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	495	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.25	no data
Power efficiency	4.45	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GK106	GA102
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	26 March 2013 (11 years ago)	21 October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	768	6144
Core clock speed	980 MHz	1575 MHz
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	2,540 million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	134 Watt	290 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	66.05	339.8
Floating-point processing power	1.585 TFLOPS	21.75 TFLOPS
ROPs	24	96
TMUs	64	192
Tensor Cores	no data	192
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	48

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).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 12-pin
SLI options	+	-

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB/s	608.3 GB/s

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 Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support	4 Displays	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-
3D Vision Live	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	26 March 2013	21 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	134 Watt	290 Watt

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