GeForce 720A vs GT 650M Mac Edition
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition and GeForce 720A, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
650M Mac Edition outperforms 720A by a small 5% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1023 | 1034 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.45 | 3.18 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | GK107 | GF117 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 July 2012 (13 years ago) | 1 July 2014 (11 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 cores | 384 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 775 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 938 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 585 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 33 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.80 | 15.01 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6912 TFLOPS | 0.1801 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 32 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 32 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 128 KB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 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 type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1254 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80.26 GB/s | 16 GB/s |
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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 3.0 | 2.1 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.37 | 1.30 |
| Recency | 12 July 2012 | 1 July 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 33 Watt |
GT 650M Mac Edition has a 5.4% higher aggregate performance score.
GeForce 720A, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 36.4% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition and GeForce 720A.
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