AMD Radeon R6 M255DX vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R6 M255DX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 576 vs 384
  • 4.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17123 vs 3805
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3563 vs 1913
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3563 vs 1913
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2014 vs 22 March 2012
Pipelines 576 vs 384
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 17123 vs 3805
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3563 vs 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3563 vs 1913

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 950 MHz vs 855 MHz
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2283 vs 1055
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2283 vs 1055
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3299 vs 1927
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3299 vs 1927
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 239 vs 116
  • Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1205 vs 605
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 950 MHz vs 855 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2283 vs 1055
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2283 vs 1055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3299 vs 1927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3299 vs 1927
PassMark - G2D Mark 239 vs 116
PassMark - G3D Mark 1205 vs 605

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
17123
3805
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1055
2283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1055
2283
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1927
3299
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1927
3299
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3563
1913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3563
1913
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
116
239
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
605
1205
Name AMD Radeon R6 M255DX NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
Geekbench - OpenCL 17123 3805
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1055 2283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1055 2283
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1927 3299
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1927 3299
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3563 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3563 1913
PassMark - G2D Mark 116 239
PassMark - G3D Mark 605 1205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 340.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.111
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 414

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R6 M255DX NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Jet GK107
Launch date 7 January 2014 22 March 2012
Place in performance rating 1201 1204
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 855 MHz 950 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 576 384
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,270 million
CUDA cores 384
Floating-point performance 652.8 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Memory type DDR3 DDR3\GDDR5
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bus width 128bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay
3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus