GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs Iris Graphics 5100

Place in the ranking	905	964
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Gen. 7.5 Haswell (2012−2013)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Haswell GT3	GK107
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	5 June 2013 (11 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 cores	40	384
Core clock speed	200 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,300 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	48.00	28.80
Floating-point processing power	0.768 gflops	0.6912 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 1.0 x16

PCIe 3.0 x16

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	no data	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	512 MB
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	5016 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	80.26 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 Connectors

No outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.80	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 HD	13 +30%	10−12 −30%
4K	8 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +21.4%	14−16 −21.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +29.6%	27−30 −29.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +21.4%	14−16 −21.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 +40%	10−11 −40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +29.6%	27−30 −29.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +21.4%	14−16 −21.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +29.6%	27−30 −29.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
+25%

4−5

−25%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

This is how Iris Graphics 5100 and GT 650M Mac Edition compete in popular games:

Iris Graphics 5100 is 30% faster in 1080p
Iris Graphics 5100 is 33% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.93	1.59
Recency	5 June 2013	12 July 2012
Chip lithography	22 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	45 Watt

Iris Graphics 5100 has a 21.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 months, a 27.3% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

The Iris Graphics 5100 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that Iris Graphics 5100 is a notebook card while GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is a desktop one.

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