A2 vs GeForce GT 650M SLI

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking627not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameN13E-GEGA107
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)10 November 2021 (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 cores7681280
Core clock speed790 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speed835 MHz1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data60 Watt
Texture fill rateno data70.80
Floating-point processing powerno data4.531 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data40
Tensor Coresno data40
Ray Tracing Coresno data10

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2x2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width2x 128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4000 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data200.1 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 10 November 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm

A2 has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 650M SLI and A2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 650M SLI is a notebook card while A2 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI
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