GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs GT 720

Place in the ranking	960	963
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	no data
Power efficiency	5.78	2.42
Architecture	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GK208B	GK107
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	29 September 2014 (10 years ago)	12 July 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$49	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	192	384
Core clock speed	797 MHz	900 MHz
Number of transistors	915 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	45 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	12.75	28.80
Floating-point processing power	0.306 TFLOPS	0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	16	32

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).

Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	no data
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	DDR3 / GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB or 1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s	1254 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)	80.26 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	Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA	No outputs
Multi monitor support	3 displays	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.1.126
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	1.60	1.59
Recency	29 September 2014	12 July 2012
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB or 1 GB	512 MB
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	45 Watt

GT 720 has a 0.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 136.8% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GT 720 and GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition.

Be aware that GeForce GT 720 is a desktop card while GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is a notebook one.

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