GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs Radeon HD 6950M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6950M and GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6950M
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
3.56
+124%

HD 6950M outperforms GT 650M Mac Edition by a whopping 124% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking714957
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.932.45
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameBlackcombGK107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 January 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 cores960384
Core clock speed580 MHz900 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate27.8428.80
Floating-point processing power1.114 TFLOPS0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs4832

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1254 MHz
Memory bandwidth115.2 GB/s80.26 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
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.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Battlefield 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+150%
8−9
−150%
Hitman 3 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+128%
18−20
−128%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Battlefield 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+150%
8−9
−150%
Hitman 3 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+150%
6−7
−150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+128%
18−20
−128%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+150%
8−9
−150%
Hitman 3 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+150%
6−7
−150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+128%
18−20
−128%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 0−1
Hitman 3 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
+144%
9−10
−144%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.56 1.59
Recency 4 January 2011 12 July 2012
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 45 Watt

HD 6950M has a 123.9% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 650M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 11.1% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 6950M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.


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