NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI

Around 32% higher core clock speed: 790 MHz vs 598 MHz
2.3x more pipelines: 768 vs 336
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 2x2 GB vs 1526 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Core clock speed	790 MHz vs 598 MHz
Pipelines	768 vs 336
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2x2 GB vs 1526 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
PassMark - G3D Mark		1745
PassMark - G2D Mark		301
Geekbench - OpenCL		6316
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		15.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		588.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.916
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		52.899
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2062

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi 2.0
Code name	N13E-GE	GF114
Launch date	22 March 2012	22 March 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	979
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	835 MHz
Core clock speed	790 MHz	598 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	336
CUDA cores		336
Floating-point performance		803.7 gflops
Texture fill rate		33.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Transistor count		1,950 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	11	12 API
OpenCL		1.1
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x2 GB	1526 MB
Memory bus width	2x 128 Bit	192bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Memory bandwidth		72.0 GB / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		Up to 2048x1536
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
SLI