GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition vs GT 650M Mac Edition
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition and GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
GT 755M Mac Edition outperforms GT 650M Mac Edition by a substantial 36% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 959 | 859 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.46 | 3.01 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | GK107 | GK107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 July 2012 (12 years ago) | 8 November 2013 (11 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 | 384 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 1085 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 1,270 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.80 | 34.72 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6912 TFLOPS | 0.8333 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 | 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1254 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80.26 GB/s | 80 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | 3.0 | 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 | 1.59 | 2.16 |
| Recency | 12 July 2012 | 8 November 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 50 Watt |
GT 650M Mac Edition has 11.1% lower power consumption.
GT 755M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has a 35.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
The GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.
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