NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 28.8 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
5.8x better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 120 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
2.5x more memory clock speed: 5016 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3926 vs 2389

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 July 2012 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	28.8 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 48
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops vs 120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	5016 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3926 vs 2389

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 512 MB
34.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2389 vs 70.1

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2389 vs 70.1

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3926

2389

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

70.1

2389

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	11.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	342.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.945
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	14.549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	22.128
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2550
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1938
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3926	2389
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	43.2
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	31.3
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	70.1	2389
PassMark - G2D Mark		41
PassMark - G3D Mark		282

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK107	G94
Launch date	12 July 2012	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1525	1522
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	384	48
Texture fill rate	28.8 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	80.26 GB / s	48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	5016 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2