GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile vs GT 650M Mac Edition

Place in the ranking	972	62
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.42	30.36
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GK107	GA103S
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 July 2012 (12 years ago)	25 January 2022 (3 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	7424
Core clock speed	900 MHz	810 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1260 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	115 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.80	292.3
Floating-point processing power	0.6912 TFLOPS	18.71 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	96
TMUs	32	232
Tensor Cores	no data	232
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	58

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	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1254 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80.26 GB/s	512.0 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

No outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	3.0	8.6

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 HD	4−5 −3425%	141 +3425%
1440p	2−3 −4300%	88 +4300%
4K	1−2 −5900%	60 +5900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	129 +0%	129 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	136 +0%	136 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	125 +0%	125 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	122 +0%	122 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	277 +0%	277 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	159 +0%	159 +0%
Metro Exodus	112 +0%	112 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Valorant	341 +0%	341 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	110 +0%	110 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	101 +0%	101 +0%
Dota 2	150 +0%	150 +0%
Far Cry 5	103 +0%	103 +0%
Fortnite	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	229 +0%	229 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	146 +0%	146 +0%
Metro Exodus	98 +0%	98 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Valorant	174 +0%	174 +0%
World of Tanks	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	97 +0%	97 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	88 +0%	88 +0%
Dota 2	151 +0%	151 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	200 +0%	200 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	122 +0%	122 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Valorant	292 +0%	292 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	101 +0%	101 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	101 +0%	101 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
World of Tanks	300−350 +0%	300−350 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	55 +0%	55 +0%
Far Cry 5	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	150 +0%	150 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Metro Exodus	93 +0%	93 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	86 +0%	86 +0%
Valorant	223 +0%	223 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Dota 2	120 +0%	120 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	120 +0%	120 +0%
Metro Exodus	48 +0%	48 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	120 +0%	120 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	14 +0%	14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	27 +0%	27 +0%
Dota 2	127 +0%	127 +0%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Fortnite	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	93 +0%	93 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Valorant	128 +0%	128 +0%

This is how GT 650M Mac Edition and RTX 3080 Ti Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3080 Ti Mobile is 3425% faster in 1080p
RTX 3080 Ti Mobile is 4300% faster in 1440p
RTX 3080 Ti Mobile is 5900% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.52	48.74
Recency	12 July 2012	25 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	115 Watt

GT 650M Mac Edition has 155.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 3080 Ti Mobile, on the other hand, has a 3106.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.

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