GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs GTS 250

Place in performance ranking	930	920
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	G92B	GK107
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	4 March 2009 (15 years ago)	12 July 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data
Current price	$131 (0.7x MSRP)	$50

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	128	384
Core clock speed	702 MHz	900 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	44.93	28.80
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops	691.2 gflops

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	5016 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	80.26 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

2x DVI

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	1.1	3.0

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	1.55	1.58
Recency	4 March 2009	12 July 2012
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	45 Watt

GTS 250 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 650M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has a 1.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GTS 250 and GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition.

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