NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs Intel HD Graphics 400

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Combined performance score

HD Graphics 400
1.12

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 ranking1037911
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameBraswell GT1GK107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 April 2015 (8 years old)12 July 2012 (11 years old)
Current price$710 $50
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores96384
Core clock speed320 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed640 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate7.68028.80
Floating-point performance134.4 gflops691.2 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x1PCIe 3.0 x16
WidthIGPno 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 typeDDR3LGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared5016 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data80.26 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.1.801.1.126
CUDAno data3.0

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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