GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs FirePro W5100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W5100 with GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition, including specs and performance data.

FirePro W5100
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
7.81
+391%

W5100 outperforms GT 650M Mac Edition by a whopping 391% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking516957
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency11.272.55
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameBonaireGK107
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date31 March 2014 (10 years ago)12 July 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores768384
Core clock speed930 MHz900 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate44.6428.80
Floating-point processing power1.428 TFLOPS0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4832

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length171 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1254 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s80.26 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors4x DisplayPortNo outputs
StereoOutput3D+-
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support+-
HD сomponent video output+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-3.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.81 1.59
Recency 31 March 2014 12 July 2012
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 45 Watt

FirePro W5100 has a 391.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 650M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 11.1% lower power consumption.

The FirePro W5100 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W5100 is a workstation card while GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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