Radeon Picasso vs GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1055not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.48no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 5.0 (2017−2019)
GPU code nameGK107Picasso
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 July 2012 (14 years ago)no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384640
Core clock speed900 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1301 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate28.8052.04
Floating-point processing power0.6912 TFLOPS1.665 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs3240
L1 Cache32 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KBno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1254 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth80.26 GB/sno data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 10 Watt

Picasso has a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 78% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition and Radeon Picasso. We've got no test results to judge.

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

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