GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs Radeon HD 7970M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7970M and GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 7970M
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
9.28
+484%

HD 7970M outperforms GT 650M Mac Edition by a whopping 484% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking476967
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.402.44
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameWimbledonGK107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date24 April 2012 (12 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 cores1280384
Core clock speed850 MHz900 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate68.0028.80
Floating-point processing power2.176 TFLOPS0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs8032

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
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1254 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s80.26 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
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:

900p84
+500%
14−16
−500%
Full HD61
+510%
10−12
−510%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+517%
6−7
−517%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+525%
4−5
−525%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+525%
4−5
−525%
Valorant 35−40
+600%
5−6
−600%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Dota 2 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+550%
6−7
−550%
Fortnite 50−55
+500%
9−10
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+517%
6−7
−517%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+525%
4−5
−525%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+500%
12−14
−500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+525%
4−5
−525%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Valorant 35−40
+600%
5−6
−600%
World of Tanks 121
+572%
18−20
−572%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Dota 2 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+550%
6−7
−550%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+517%
6−7
−517%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+500%
12−14
−500%
Valorant 35−40
+600%
5−6
−600%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+543%
7−8
−543%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
World of Tanks 65−70
+570%
10−11
−570%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+520%
5−6
−520%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Far Cry 5 20−22
+567%
3−4
−567%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+567%
3−4
−567%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Valorant 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Dota 2 20−22
+567%
3−4
−567%
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Metro Exodus 5−6 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
+575%
4−5
−575%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Dota 2 20−22
+567%
3−4
−567%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Fortnite 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Forza Horizon 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Valorant 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%

This is how HD 7970M and GT 650M Mac Edition compete in popular games:

  • HD 7970M is 500% faster in 900p
  • HD 7970M is 510% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.28 1.59
Recency 24 April 2012 12 July 2012
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 45 Watt

HD 7970M has a 483.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 650M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and 122.2% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 7970M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.


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