GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs Radeon R7 (Kaveri)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 (Kaveri) and GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 (Kaveri)
2014
1.59
+0.6%

R7 (Kaveri) outperforms GT 650M Mac Edition by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking971973
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.41
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameKaveriGK107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2014 (10 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 cores512384
Core clock speed553 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed686 MHzno data
Number of transistors2410 Million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data45 Watt
Texture fill rateno data28.80
Floating-point processing powerno data0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data512 MB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1254 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data80.26 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 dataNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
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:

Full HD14
+16.7%
12−14
−16.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Fortnite 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Valorant 35−40
+2.9%
35−40
−2.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 30−35
+10%
30−33
−10%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Dota 2 18−20
+12.5%
16−18
−12.5%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Fortnite 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Valorant 35−40
+2.9%
35−40
−2.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Dota 2 18−20
+12.5%
16−18
−12.5%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Valorant 35−40
+2.9%
35−40
−2.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Valorant 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 1−2 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%
Valorant 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

This is how R7 (Kaveri) and GT 650M Mac Edition compete in popular games:

  • R7 (Kaveri) is 17% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.59 1.58
Recency 4 June 2014 12 July 2012

R7 (Kaveri) has a 0.6% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon R7 (Kaveri) and GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition.

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