i740 Graphics vs GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking957not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.45no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)i740 (1998)
GPU code nameGK107Auburn
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 July 2012 (12 years ago)1998 (26 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 cores384no data
Core clock speed900 MHz66 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattno data
Texture fill rate28.800.07
Floating-point processing power0.6912 TFLOPSno data
ROPs161
TMUs321

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 2x
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1254 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth80.26 GB/sno data

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 ConnectorsNo outputsMotherboard Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)5.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm

GT 650M Mac Edition has a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition and i740 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is a notebook card while i740 Graphics is a desktop one.


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