GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
2015
1 GB GDDR5
3.69
+132%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) outperforms GT 650M Mac Edition by a whopping 132% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking713963
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.42
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameSurface BookGK107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 October 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 cores384384
Core clock speed954 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data45 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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 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

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.012 (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 HD28
+133%
12−14
−133%

FPS performance in popular games

  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
Battlefield 5 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+133%
9−10
−133%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
Battlefield 5 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+133%
9−10
−133%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+150%
6−7
−150%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
Battlefield 5 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+133%
9−10
−133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+150%
6−7
−150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 2−3 0−1

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and GT 650M Mac Edition compete in popular games:

  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is 133% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.69 1.59
Recency 1 October 2015 12 July 2012
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB

Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) has a 132.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.


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NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
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GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition

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