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.

 

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 437
PassMark - G2D Mark 60
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 1526
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