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NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs Intel HD Graphics 400
Combined performance score
GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition outperforms HD Graphics 400 by 42% in our combined benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 1037 | 911 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Architecture | Generation 8.0 (2014−2015) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
GPU code name | Braswell GT1 | GK107 |
Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Release date | 1 April 2015 (8 years old) | 12 July 2012 (11 years old) |
Current price | $710 | $50 |
Technical specs
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 | 96 | 384 |
Core clock speed | 320 MHz | 900 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 640 MHz | no data |
Number of transistors | 189 million | 1,270 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 45 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 7.680 | 28.80 |
Floating-point performance | 134.4 gflops | 691.2 gflops |
Size and 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 x1 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Width | IGP | no data |
Memory
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 | DDR3L | GDDR5 |
Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | System Shared | 5016 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | no data | 80.26 GB/s |
Video outputs and ports
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 | No outputs |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_0) |
Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
OpenGL | 4.3 | 4.6 |
OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
Vulkan | 1.1.80 | 1.1.126 |
CUDA | no data | 3.0 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score | 1.12 | 1.59 |
Recency | 1 April 2015 | 12 July 2012 |
Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 512 MB |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 28 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 45 Watt |
The GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 400 in performance tests.
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