GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs Quadro P4200 Max-Q

Place in performance ranking	190	964
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GP104	GK107
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	21 February 2018 (6 years ago)	12 July 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	384
Core clock speed	no data	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1480 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,200 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	213.1	28.80
Floating-point performance	6.82 gflops	0.6912 gflops

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).

Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7 GB/s	5016 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.4 GB/s	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

Portable Device Dependent

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.1.126
CUDA	6.1	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	29.67	1.59
Recency	21 February 2018	12 July 2012
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	45 Watt

P4200 Max-Q has a 1766% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

GT 650M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 122.2% lower power consumption.

The Quadro P4200 Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P4200 Max-Q is a mobile workstation card while GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is a desktop one.

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