Radeon RX 7600 XT vs GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition with Radeon RX 7600 XT, including specs and performance data.
7600 XT outperforms 650M Mac Edition by a whopping 2772% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1037 | 107 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 84 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 75.26 |
| Power efficiency | 2.46 | 16.76 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2026) |
| GPU code name | GK107 | Navi 33 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 12 July 2012 (13 years ago) | 8 January 2024 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $329 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 1980 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2755 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 13,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 190 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.80 | 352.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6912 TFLOPS | 22.57 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 64 |
| TMUs | 32 | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 32 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L1 Cache | 32 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 2 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 32 MB |
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 4.0 x8 |
| Length | no data | 204 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1254 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80.26 GB/s | 288.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1 |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
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 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| 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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.44 | 41.36 |
| Recency | 12 July 2012 | 8 January 2024 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 190 Watt |
GT 650M Mac Edition has 322% lower power consumption.
RX 7600 XT, on the other hand, has a 2772% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 367% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon RX 7600 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 7600 XT is a desktop one.
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