NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs AMD Radeon HD 7650M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition and AMD Radeon HD 7650M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition

AMD Radeon HD 7650M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 28.8 GTexel / s vs 10.8 GTexel / s
Around 60% better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 432.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5016 MHz vs 1600 MHz
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 11.049 vs 3.699
Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 342.738 vs 220.859
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.945 vs 0.375
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2550 vs 1042
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3926 vs 1733

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 July 2012 vs 7 January 2012
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	28.8 GTexel / s vs 10.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops vs 432.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	5016 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	11.049 vs 3.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	342.738 vs 220.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.945 vs 0.375
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2550 vs 1042
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3926 vs 1733

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7650M

Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 45 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 44.624 vs 22.128
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1949 vs 1938
24.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1042 vs 43.2
62.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1949 vs 31.3
24.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1733 vs 70.1

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	480 vs 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	44.624 vs 22.128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1949 vs 1938
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1042 vs 43.2
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1949 vs 31.3
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1733 vs 70.1

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7650M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11.049

3.699

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

342.738

220.859

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.945

0.375

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

22.128

44.624

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2550

1042

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1938

1949

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3926

1733

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

43.2

1042

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

31.3

1949

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

70.1

1733

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition	AMD Radeon HD 7650M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	11.049	3.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	342.738	220.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.945	0.375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	14.549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	22.128	44.624
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2550	1042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1938	1949
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3926	1733
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	43.2	1042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	31.3	1949
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	70.1	1733
PassMark - G3D Mark		442
PassMark - G2D Mark		62
Geekbench - OpenCL		1191
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		680

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition	AMD Radeon HD 7650M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK107	Thames
Launch date	12 July 2012	7 January 2012
Place in performance rating	1525	1527
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	432.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	480
Texture fill rate	28.8 GTexel / s	10.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	716 million
Boost clock speed		550 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	80.26 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5016 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory		0