GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs Quadro P400

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P400 with GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition, including specs and performance data.

Quadro P400
2017
2 GB GDDR5, 30 Watt
4.26
+168%

P400 outperforms GT 650M Mac Edition by a whopping 168% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking677961
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.03no data
Power efficiency9.912.47
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGP107GK107
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date7 February 2017 (7 years ago)12 July 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$119.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores256384
Core clock speed1228 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1252 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,300 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate20.0328.80
Floating-point processing power0.641 TFLOPS0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs1632

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1254 MHz
Memory bandwidth32.06 GB/s80.26 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 Connectors3x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA6.13.0

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 4.26 1.59
Recency 7 February 2017 12 July 2012
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 45 Watt

Quadro P400 has a 167.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

The Quadro P400 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P400 is a workstation card while GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is a notebook one.


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