GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs GTX 980 SLI Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 980 SLI Mobile
2015
2x 8 GB GDDR5, 330 Watt
33.96
+2379%

GTX 980 SLI Mobile outperforms GT 650M Mac Edition by a whopping 2379% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking126981
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.162.41
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameN16E-GXX SLIGK107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date22 September 2015 (9 years ago)12 July 2012 (12 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 cores4096384
Core clock speed1126 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1228 MHzno data
Number of transistors10400 Million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)330 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rateno data28.80
Floating-point processing powerno data0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed3500 MHz1254 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data80.26 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.1.126
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.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD137
+2640%
5−6
−2640%
4K68
+3300%
2−3
−3300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+2500%
8−9
−2500%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+2733%
3−4
−2733%
Hogwarts Legacy 80−85
+2700%
3−4
−2700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 120−130
+2460%
5−6
−2460%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+2500%
8−9
−2500%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+2733%
3−4
−2733%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+2800%
4−5
−2800%
Fortnite 160−170
+2567%
6−7
−2567%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+2740%
5−6
−2740%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+2750%
4−5
−2750%
Hogwarts Legacy 80−85
+2700%
3−4
−2700%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+2800%
5−6
−2800%
Valorant 210−220
+2613%
8−9
−2613%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 120−130
+2460%
5−6
−2460%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+2500%
8−9
−2500%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+2670%
10−11
−2670%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+2733%
3−4
−2733%
Dota 2 140−150
+2740%
5−6
−2740%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+2800%
4−5
−2800%
Fortnite 160−170
+2567%
6−7
−2567%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+2740%
5−6
−2740%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+2750%
4−5
−2750%
Grand Theft Auto V 120−130
+2975%
4−5
−2975%
Hogwarts Legacy 80−85
+2700%
3−4
−2700%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+2800%
3−4
−2800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+2800%
5−6
−2800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 132
+2540%
5−6
−2540%
Valorant 210−220
+2613%
8−9
−2613%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 120−130
+2460%
5−6
−2460%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+2733%
3−4
−2733%
Dota 2 140−150
+2740%
5−6
−2740%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+2800%
4−5
−2800%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+2740%
5−6
−2740%
Hogwarts Legacy 80−85
+2700%
3−4
−2700%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+2800%
5−6
−2800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+3600%
2−3
−3600%
Valorant 210−220
+2613%
8−9
−2613%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 160−170
+2567%
6−7
−2567%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 90−95
+3000%
3−4
−3000%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 250−260
+2420%
10−11
−2420%
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75
+3550%
2−3
−3550%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+2550%
2−3
−2550%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+2400%
7−8
−2400%
Valorant 250−260
+2400%
10−11
−2400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 95−100
+3067%
3−4
−3067%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+4100%
1−2
−4100%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+2833%
3−4
−2833%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+2475%
4−5
−2475%
Hogwarts Legacy 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+3300%
2−3
−3300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 95−100
+3100%
3−4
−3100%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Grand Theft Auto V 75−80
+2500%
3−4
−2500%
Hogwarts Legacy 21−24 0−1
Metro Exodus 30−35
+3200%
1−2
−3200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 51
+2450%
2−3
−2450%
Valorant 220−230
+2688%
8−9
−2688%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+2800%
2−3
−2800%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20 0−1
Dota 2 100−110
+2575%
4−5
−2575%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+4700%
1−2
−4700%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+3300%
2−3
−3300%
Hogwarts Legacy 21−24 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+4700%
1−2
−4700%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 45−50
+4600%
1−2
−4600%

This is how GTX 980 SLI Mobile and GT 650M Mac Edition compete in popular games:

  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 2640% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 3300% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 33.96 1.37
Recency 22 September 2015 12 July 2012
Power consumption (TDP) 330 Watt 45 Watt

GTX 980 SLI Mobile has a 2378.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 3 years.

GT 650M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 633.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.

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