GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs Radeon HD 7970

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7970 with GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition, including specs and performance data.

HD 7970
2011
6 GB GDDR5, 300 Watt
13.61
+756%

HD 7970 outperforms GT 650M Mac Edition by a whopping 756% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking378961
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.38no data
Power efficiency3.792.46
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameTahitiGK107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date22 December 2011 (12 years ago)12 July 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549 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 cores2048384
Core clock speedno data900 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,313 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate118.428.80
Floating-point processing power3.789 TFLOPS0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs12832

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 supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length274 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 amount6 GB512 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1254 MHz
Memory bandwidth264 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-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.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p105
+775%
12−14
−775%
Full HD92
+820%
10−12
−820%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.97no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Battlefield 5 40−45
+780%
5−6
−780%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+790%
10−11
−790%
Hitman 3 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+775%
8−9
−775%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+820%
5−6
−820%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+850%
4−5
−850%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+780%
5−6
−780%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+825%
8−9
−825%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Battlefield 5 40−45
+780%
5−6
−780%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+790%
10−11
−790%
Hitman 3 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+775%
8−9
−775%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+820%
5−6
−820%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+850%
4−5
−850%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+780%
5−6
−780%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+1000%
3−4
−1000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+825%
8−9
−825%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+790%
10−11
−790%
Hitman 3 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+775%
8−9
−775%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+780%
5−6
−780%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+1000%
3−4
−1000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+825%
8−9
−825%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+850%
4−5
−850%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8 0−1
Far Cry 5 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+763%
8−9
−763%
Hitman 3 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+833%
3−4
−833%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+833%
9−10
−833%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Hitman 3 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
+843%
7−8
−843%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 7−8 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%

This is how HD 7970 and GT 650M Mac Edition compete in popular games:

  • HD 7970 is 775% faster in 900p
  • HD 7970 is 820% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.61 1.59
Recency 22 December 2011 12 July 2012
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 512 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 45 Watt

HD 7970 has a 756% higher aggregate performance score, and a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 650M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 7970 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7970 is a desktop card while GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is a notebook one.


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