Why does my mac retina only show shared graphics card in about this mac?

Im completely new to mac's bought this mbp retina 15 and in about this mac it only shows intel 4000 shared 512mb graphics and in system report it does show the GT 650 M but when I novabenched it it only showed the intel one again.
ANY THOUGHTS?
APOLOGIES IF THIS HAS BEEN ASKED A MILLION TIMES

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Your Mac switches between graphic cards when needed, so About this Mac and third-party applications detect the graphic card that is being used at the moment, in your case, the integrated graphic card.
If you want to use your dedicated graphic card, open System Preferences > Energy Saver, and disable the option to switch graphic cards. Also, you can use gfxCardStatus > http://gfx.io

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