GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition vs GTX 650 Ti

Place in the ranking	567	560
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.95	no data
Power efficiency	4.12	3.79
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GK106	GK104
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	9 October 2012 (12 years ago)	8 November 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	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	768	1536
Core clock speed	928 MHz	771 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	797 MHz
Number of transistors	2,540 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	122 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	59.39	102.0
Floating-point processing power	1.425 TFLOPS	2.448 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	64	128

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 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	145 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5.4 GB/s	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB/s	160.0 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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	4 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	4.3	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	6.55	6.69
Recency	9 October 2012	8 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	122 Watt

GTX 650 Ti has 10.9% lower power consumption.

GTX 780M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has a 2.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GTX 650 Ti and GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 650 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 780M 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.