GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs Radeon Pro W5500
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Pro W5500 with GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition, including specs and performance data.
Pro W5500 outperforms GT 650M Mac Edition by a whopping 1388% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 280 | 1011 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 42.83 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 12.89 | 2.41 |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | Navi 14 | GK107 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 10 February 2020 (5 years ago) | 12 July 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 1408 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 1187 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1400 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 6,400 million | 1,270 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 123.2 | 28.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.942 TFLOPS | 0.6912 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 88 | 32 |
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 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no 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 type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 1254 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 80.26 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
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 | 4x DisplayPort | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 21.72 | 1.46 |
| Recency | 10 February 2020 | 12 July 2012 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 45 Watt |
Pro W5500 has a 1387.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
GT 650M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 177.8% lower power consumption.
The Radeon Pro W5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Pro W5500 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is a notebook one.
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