AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
Around 26% better floating-point performance: 1,024 gflops vs 812.5 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
900x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9620 vs 4493
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.151 vs 12.582
Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 516.994 vs 364.463
Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.321 vs 1.254
Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 32.932 vs 18.386
4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 111.138 vs 23.499
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2862 vs 2663
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2862 vs 2663

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 27 November 2013
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops vs 812.5 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	9620 vs 4493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	25.151 vs 12.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	516.994 vs 364.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.321 vs 1.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.932 vs 18.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	111.138 vs 23.499
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2862 vs 2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2862 vs 2663

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 33.9 billion / sec vs 32 GTexel / s
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1749 vs 1548
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 368 vs 350
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3478 vs 1667
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3478 vs 1667

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1058 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.9 billion / sec vs 32 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1749 vs 1548
PassMark - G2D Mark	368 vs 350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3478 vs 1667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3332 vs 3326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3478 vs 1667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3332 vs 3326

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1548

1749

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

350

368

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9620

4493

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25.151

12.582

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

516.994

364.463

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.321

1.254

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

32.932

18.386

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

111.138

23.499

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2862

2663

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1667

3478

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3326

3332

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2862

2663

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1667

3478

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3326

3332

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
PassMark - G3D Mark	1548	1749
PassMark - G2D Mark	350	368
Geekbench - OpenCL	9620	4493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	25.151	12.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	516.994	364.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.321	1.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.932	18.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	111.138	23.499
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2862	2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1667	3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3326	3332
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2862	2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1667	3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3326	3332
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		545

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Tropo	GK106
Launch date	5 May 2015	27 November 2013
Place in performance rating	1002	1003
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$109
Price now		$144.81
Value for money (0-100)		16.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	775 MHz	1058 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops	812.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	384
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s	33.9 billion / sec
Transistor count	1,500 million	2,540 million
CUDA cores		384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		64 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini..., 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.38" (11.1 cm)
Length		5.70" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		One 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	5.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
TXAA