Radeon HD 7290 vs GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition and Radeon HD 7290, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
650M Mac Edition outperforms HD 7290 by a whopping 433% 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 | 1037 | 1419 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.46 | 1.16 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GK107 | Loveland |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 July 2012 (13 years ago) | 6 June 2012 (13 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 | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 450 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 18 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.80 | 3.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6912 TFLOPS | 0.064 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| TMUs | 32 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 32 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | IGP |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1254 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 80.26 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| 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.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
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1−2
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Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
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1−2
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
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3−4
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
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7−8
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| Valorant | 24−27
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24−27
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Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 12−14
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12−14
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
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1−2
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| Dota 2 | 9−10
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9−10
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
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3−4
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
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7−8
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
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5−6
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| Valorant | 24−27
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24−27
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Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
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1−2
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| Dota 2 | 9−10
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9−10
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
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3−4
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
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7−8
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
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5−6
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| Valorant | 24−27
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24−27
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1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
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3−4
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 3−4
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3−4
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1440p
Ultra
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
+0%
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1−2
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
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1−2
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4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
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14−16
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| Valorant | 1−2
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1−2
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4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
+0%
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1−2
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4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
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2−3
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All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 26 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.44 | 0.27 |
| Recency | 12 July 2012 | 6 June 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 18 Watt |
GT 650M Mac Edition has a 433% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 month, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.
HD 7290, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7290 in performance tests.
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