GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs GT 525M

Place in the ranking	1071	973
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.56	2.44
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GF108	GK107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	5 January 2011 (14 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 cores	96	384
Core clock speed	475 MHz	900 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	7.600	28.80
Floating-point processing power	0.1824 TFLOPS	0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	16
TMUs	16	32

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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1254 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	80.26 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

No outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
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.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	13 −23.1%	16−18 +23.1%
Full HD	20 −20%	24−27 +20%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Dota 2	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Fortnite	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Grand Theft Auto V	0−1	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −23.1%	16−18 +23.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
World of Tanks	24−27 −15.4%	30−33 +15.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Dota 2	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −23.1%	16−18 +23.1%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
World of Tanks	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Forza Horizon 5	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Valorant	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −31.3%	21−24 +31.3%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 −31.3%	21−24 +31.3%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Valorant	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

This is how GT 525M and GT 650M Mac Edition compete in popular games:

GT 650M Mac Edition is 23% faster in 900p
GT 650M Mac Edition is 20% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.15	1.54
Recency	5 January 2011	12 July 2012
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	45 Watt

GT 525M has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 95.7% lower power consumption.

GT 650M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has a 33.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 525M in performance tests.

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