GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition vs Radeon R9 285

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 285 with GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition, including specs and performance data.

R9 285
2014
2 GB GDDR5, 190 Watt
17.34
+991%

R9 285 outperforms GT 650M Mac Edition by a whopping 991% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking315963
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.76no data
Power efficiency6.262.42
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameTongaGK107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 September 2014 (10 years ago)12 July 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1792384
Core clock speed918 MHz900 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate102.828.80
Floating-point processing power3.29 TFLOPS0.6912 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs11232

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length221 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 speed1375 MHz1254 MHz
Memory bandwidth176.0 GB/s80.26 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2No outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.11.2
Vulkan1.2.1701.1.126
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 17.34 1.59
Recency 2 September 2014 12 July 2012
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 45 Watt

R9 285 has a 990.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 650M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 322.2% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R9 285 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 285 is a desktop card while GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition is a notebook one.


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