NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 610M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 610M 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: 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 672 MHz
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • 5.4x better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 129.02 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
  • 4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 11.049 vs 2.747
  • 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 342.738 vs 104.498
  • 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.945 vs 0.27
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 14.549 vs 5.832
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 22.128 vs 9.69
  • 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2550 vs 664
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1938 vs 1602
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3926 vs 2848
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 July 2012 vs 1 December 2011
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 672 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops vs 129.02 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 2.747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 342.738 vs 104.498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.945 vs 0.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 14.549 vs 5.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.128 vs 9.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2550 vs 664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1938 vs 1602
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3926 vs 2848

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 610M

  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 15.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 664 vs 43.2
  • 51.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1602 vs 31.3
  • 40.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2848 vs 70.1
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 664 vs 43.2
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1602 vs 31.3
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2848 vs 70.1

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 610M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11.049
2.747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
342.738
104.498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.945
0.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.549
5.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.128
9.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2550
664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1938
1602
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3926
2848
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
43.2
664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31.3
1602
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
70.1
2848
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition NVIDIA GeForce 610M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 11.049 2.747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 342.738 104.498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.945 0.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 14.549 5.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.128 9.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2550 664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1938 1602
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3926 2848
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 43.2 664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 31.3 1602
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 70.1 2848
PassMark - G3D Mark 290
PassMark - G2D Mark 111
Geekbench - OpenCL 1373

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition NVIDIA GeForce 610M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi
Code name GK107 GF108
Launch date 12 July 2012 1 December 2011
Place in performance rating 1525 1527
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 900 MHz 672 MHz
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 48
Texture fill rate 28.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 12 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 585 million
Boost clock speed 900 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Video decoders H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 2.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.26 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64bit
Memory clock speed 5016 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
Optimus