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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 is a graphics card released on September 13, 2012 using a 28 nm process. It has 384 shading units, 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, 80.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.06 GHz and a 65 W board power rating. It scores 1,757 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

GK107-450-A228 nm

8/10 key specs recorded · 27 facts

Depth: 38 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

384cores

Memory

2 GB

GDDR5 · 128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

1.06 GHz base

Board power

65 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 scores 1,757 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 63.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,082), measured across 7,646 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 379.

PassMark G3D Mark

1,757

Rank #1,082
Faster than 63.8% of 2,658 GPUs
7,646 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 36 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 50.7% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 6 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 39% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 14 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 40.7% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 7 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 24.3% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 803 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 41.3% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 averages DirectX 9 36 fps, DirectX 10 6 fps, DirectX 11 14 fps, DirectX 12 7 fps and GPU Compute 803 ops/s, across 7,646 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 2 GB

Core clock 1058 MHz

Memory clock 1250 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 64 W

First benchmarked 2012-09-25

Samples 7,646

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 1058 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-09-25. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename GK107-450-A2

Chip Not recorded

Process node 28 nm

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 uses the GK107-450-A2 graphics processor and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.

Shader configuration

Shading units 384

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 32

Render output units (ROPs) 16

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 has 384 shading units, 32 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650.

Clock speeds

Base clock 1.06 GHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 runs at a base clock of 1.06 GHz.

Memory

Size 2 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 80.0 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 80.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 has a board power rating of 65 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 65 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched September 13, 2012

Launch price $109

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX 600 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 was released on September 13, 2012 and launched at a price of $109.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,757

PassMark G2D 379

Rank #1,082

Samples 7,646

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 80.0 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 has a board power rating of 65 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 scores 1,757 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 63.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,082. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 7 fps.