GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs GT 650M Mac Edition

Place in the ranking	957	381
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.45	12.22
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GK107	GP107
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	12 July 2012 (12 years ago)	21 May 2018 (6 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	768
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1392 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1518 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.80	72.86
Floating-point processing power	0.6912 TFLOPS	2.332 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	24
TMUs	32	48

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 3.0 x16
Length	no data	145 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	3 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	1254 MHz	1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80.26 GB/s	84.1 GB/s

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	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	3.0	6.1

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	1.59	13.23
Recency	12 July 2012	21 May 2018
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	3 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	75 Watt

GT 650M Mac Edition has 66.7% lower power consumption.

GTX 1050 3 GB, on the other hand, has a 732.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB is a desktop one.

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