GeForce GT 650M vs Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) and GeForce GT 650M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R5 (Bristol Ridge)
2016
12 Watt
2.44

GT 650M outperforms R5 (Bristol Ridge) by a significant 28% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking839756
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.724.75
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameBristol RidgeGK107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)22 March 2012 (12 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 cores384384
Core clock speedno dataUp to 900 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz950 MHz
Number of transistors3100 Million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-45 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rateno data30.40
Floating-point processing powerno data0.7296 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32

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 sizedmedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16

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 typeno dataDDR3\GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data2 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128bit
Memory clock speedno data900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno dataUp to 80.0 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 dataNo outputs
HDMI-+
HDCP-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno dataUp to 2048x1536

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 (FL 12_0)12 API
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.5
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-1.1.126
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 2.44
GT 650M 3.12
+27.9%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 1720
GT 650M 2112
+22.8%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 1284
GT 650M 1420
+10.6%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 8256
GT 650M 10647
+29%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p24−27
−29.2%
31
+29.2%
Full HD12
−150%
30
+150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Battlefield 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry 5 4
−50%
6−7
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−54.5%
16−18
+54.5%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−15%
21−24
+15%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−8.1%
40−45
+8.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Battlefield 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−54.5%
16−18
+54.5%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−15%
21−24
+15%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
−7.7%
14−16
+7.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−8.1%
40−45
+8.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−54.5%
16−18
+54.5%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−15%
21−24
+15%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−7.7%
14−16
+7.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−8.1%
40−45
+8.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
−35.7%
18−20
+35.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 1−2
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how R5 (Bristol Ridge) and GT 650M compete in popular games:

  • GT 650M is 29% faster in 900p
  • GT 650M is 150% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GT 650M is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GT 650M is ahead in 51 test (85%)
  • there's a draw in 9 tests (15%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.44 3.12
Recency 1 June 2016 22 March 2012
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 45 Watt

R5 (Bristol Ridge) has an age advantage of 4 years, and 275% lower power consumption.

GT 650M, on the other hand, has a 27.9% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce GT 650M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) in performance tests.


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