Unlike the proprietary CUDA and APP APIs, OpenCL is platform-agnostic, presenting developers with a common base for creating applications optimized for parallelized architectures. Specifically, GPGPU is becoming more and more popular, since programmers now no longer need to code for a specific piece of hardware, but rather for the API, with the driver handling the rest. Gaming prowess aside, not all cards are created equal in terms of GPGPU performance, and so we’ll take a closer look at how the GeForce GTX 650 Ti stacks up against the competition, both old and new.
Of course, the most interesting comparison comes from comparing Nvidia's latest to its direct competitor, AMD’s Radeon HD 7850 with 1 or 2 GB of memory. Additionally, we are also evaluating how the various factory-overclocked GeForce GTX 650 Ti models behave at their respective clock frequencies. We are purposely not including the Radeon HD 7770 and GeForce GTX 650, since the GTX 650 Ti is meant to round out Nvidia’s mid-range family, while setting itself apart from these smaller models. Let’s see whether it succeeds.

As expected, AMD’s Radeons lead the pack when it comes calculating SHA-256 hashes. If you’re into bitmining, then none of Nvidia’s current- or past-generation cards are a good fit, and that applies to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti as well, even if you factor in its lower power consumption.
As comparisons with the factory-overclocked GeForce GTX 650 Tis show, performance scales practically linearly with clock frequency.

Once again, we're using LuxMark 2.0's slightly simpler scene for testing. Otherwise, the bars representing the GeForce GTX 650 Ti would have been nearly imperceptible. We see performance scale based on clock rate once again, and AMD's Radeon HD 7850 remains far out of reach.

PostFX combines OpenGL and OpenCL into one demanding workload. Although this benchmark comes directly from Nvidia’s own SDK, it also serves to demonstrate how quickly performance can shift with the introduction of a new architecture, such as AMD’s GCN.

The NQueens problem is the sole ray of light for the Nvidia cards here, and the GeForce GTX 650 Ti is finally able to beat out AMD's Radeon HD 7850.
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti: The Last Kepler-Based Card For 2012
- Zotac GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMP! Edition
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 Ti (GV-N65TOC-2GI)
- Test Setup And Benchmarks
- Benchmark Results: Batman: Arkham City
- Benchmark Results: Battlefield 3
- Benchmark Results: Crysis 2
- Benchmark Results: DiRT Showdown
- Benchmark Results: Max Payne 3
- Benchmark Results: Metro 2033
- Benchmark Results: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Benchmark Results: World Of Warcraft
- Overclocking
- OpenCL: GPGPU Benchmarks
- OpenCL: GPGPU Benchmarks (Basemark CL)
- OpenCL: Image Processing (Basemark CL)
- OpenCL: Video Processing (Basemark CL)
- Temperature And Noise
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti: A Good Value At $150
That looks like a fail to me, and don't even get me started on how late this is.
This means we will easily see $150 or less after rebates and officially makes this Nvidia 650ti product a total fail. I see no reason to purchase this.
Seriously, such a waste of silicon that could perform quite a bit better if you just gave it a little more breathing room....
That looks like a fail to me, and don't even get me started on how late this is.
Seriously, such a waste of silicon that could perform quite a bit better if you just gave it a little more breathing room....
With 128bit bus, they could have just leave the memory speed @ 6GHz. 5400 is pretty much ruin the thing.
Edit: btw, this is probably one of the most useful review I see for a while. 6870/6850/560/460/7770 are all there, with benchmark of AA on and off. thumbs up for u author!
The HD7850 and GTX 650ti are essentially the same price on New Egg.
slightly too weak for a dedicated in my book.
I said my book as in my opinion.
Because comparing cards in the ~150 dollar range to a card thats +280 dollars is asinine?
This means we will easily see $150 or less after rebates and officially makes this Nvidia 650ti product a total fail. I see no reason to purchase this.
Not if you seriously would like to know what the performance difference was. Look at the current Video Card ratings - they cover from very low to extreme high - because people would like to know.
So - Right now, I'm looking at buying a $300 660 Ti, but if the 650 Ti can come within 20% of the performance, I might not drop the extra cash on it. But without trying to find a common benchmark between the two, there's no way to tell. Looks like I get to go benchmark hunting.
Nvidia are doing stupid thing here
I used this as the 660ti review to compare benchmarks against for the games : http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-660-ti-benchmark-review,3279.html
The 660 non-Ti has a roughly 50% lead on average over the 650 Ti. This 650 Ti obviously doesn't come anywhere near the 660 Ti. You shouldn't need the 660 Ti in this to know that.
so they won't be as late as this gen because they had to collect enough bad chips
Outside of gaming, such as some stress tests, they might be able to reach their TDP.
Some of the highly factory overclocked 7770s would be considerably faster than this 650 Ti while still being cheaper