ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO vs GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition with Radeon HD 2900 PRO, including specs and performance data.
ATI HD 2900 PRO outperforms GT 650M Mac Edition by a minimal 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 963 | 956 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.42 | 0.56 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | GK107 | R600 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 12 July 2012 (12 years ago) | 12 December 2007 (17 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 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 720 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.80 | 9.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6912 TFLOPS | 0.384 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 | 16 |
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 1.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 241 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 8-pin |
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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1254 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80.26 GB/s | 51.2 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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 10.0 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| 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 | 1.59 | 1.63 |
| Recency | 12 July 2012 | 12 December 2007 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 200 Watt |
GT 650M Mac Edition has an age advantage of 4 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 344.4% lower power consumption.
ATI HD 2900 PRO, on the other hand, has a 2.5% higher aggregate performance score.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition and Radeon HD 2900 PRO.
Be aware that GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is a notebook card while Radeon HD 2900 PRO is a desktop 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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