GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs Radeon HD 6550A
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 6550A and GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
HD 6550A outperforms GT 650M Mac Edition by a moderate 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 914 | 957 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.62 | 2.45 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | Pinewood | GK107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 February 2011 (13 years ago) | 12 July 2012 (12 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 cores | 480 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 627 million | 1,270 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 13.20 | 28.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.528 TFLOPS | 0.6912 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| TMUs | 24 | 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).
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1254 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 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 | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 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 | 1.83 | 1.59 |
| Recency | 7 February 2011 | 12 July 2012 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 45 Watt |
HD 6550A has a 15.1% higher aggregate performance score, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 28.6% lower power consumption.
GT 650M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon HD 6550A is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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