GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs GT 330M

Place in performance ranking	1220	964
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	N11P-GE1	GK107
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	10 January 2010 (14 years ago)	12 July 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	384
CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	575 MHz	900 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	9.200	28.80
Floating-point performance	0.1214 gflops	0.6912 gflops
Gigaflops	182	no 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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz	5016 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	80.26 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 Connectors	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	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.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

900p	10 −170%	27−30 +170%
Full HD	17 −165%	45−50 +165%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−167%

8−9
+167%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −183%	85−90 +183%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −170%	27−30 +170%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −183%	85−90 +183%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Hitman 3	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −173%	30−33 +173%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −170%	27−30 +170%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −183%	85−90 +183%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−100%

2−3
+100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−167%

8−9
+167%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−150%

5−6
+150%

This is how GT 330M and GT 650M Mac Edition compete in popular games:

GT 650M Mac Edition is 170% faster in 900p
GT 650M Mac Edition is 165% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.56	1.59
Recency	10 January 2010	12 July 2012
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	45 Watt

GT 330M has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 95.7% lower power consumption.

GT 650M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has a 183.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 330M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 330M is a notebook card while GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.