GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs Radeon R7 M260

Place in the ranking	1033	967
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	no data
Power efficiency	no data	2.44
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Topaz	GK107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	11 June 2014 (10 years ago)	12 July 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$799	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	384	384
Compute units	6	no data
Core clock speed	940 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	980 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,550 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	23.52	28.80
Floating-point processing power	0.7526 TFLOPS	0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	24	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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1254 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	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.

FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.3	5.1
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.1.126
Mantle	+	-
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

−7.7%

14−16
+7.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

61.46

no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Elden Ring	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Dota 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Elden Ring	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Fortnite	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4 +0%	4−5 +0%
World of Tanks	27−30 −7.1%	30−33 +7.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Dota 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
World of Tanks	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 −9.4%	35−40 +9.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Valorant	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −12.5%	18−20 +12.5%
Elden Ring	0−1	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 −12.5%	18−20 +12.5%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Valorant	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%