Radeon RX 6650M vs GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition

Place in the ranking	969	119
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.42	22.38
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GK107	Navi 23
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 July 2012 (12 years ago)	4 January 2022 (3 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	1792
Core clock speed	900 MHz	2068 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2416 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.80	270.6
Floating-point processing power	0.6912 TFLOPS	8.659 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	64
TMUs	32	112
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	28

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	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1254 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80.26 GB/s	256.0 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

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
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:

Full HD

4−5

−2800%

116
+2800%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	127 +0%	127 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	53 +0%	53 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	222 +0%	222 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Metro Exodus	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Valorant	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	39 +0%	39 +0%
Dota 2	39 +0%	39 +0%
Far Cry 5	46 +0%	46 +0%
Fortnite	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	190 +0%	190 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	33 +0%	33 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Valorant	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
World of Tanks	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	32 +0%	32 +0%
Dota 2	100 +0%	100 +0%
Far Cry 5	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	167 +0%	167 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Valorant	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
World of Tanks	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry 5	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Valorant	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Dota 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Dota 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Fortnite	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Valorant	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

This is how GT 650M Mac Edition and RX 6650M compete in popular games:

RX 6650M is 2800% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.51	37.24
Recency	12 July 2012	4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	120 Watt

GT 650M Mac Edition has 166.7% lower power consumption.

RX 6650M, on the other hand, has a 2366.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6650M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.

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