AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
- Around 11% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 720 MHz
- Around 17% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1536
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
- 2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
- 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.802 vs 25.421
- Around 67% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1230.769 vs 734.936
- 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 81.68 vs 35.434
- 6.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 370.179 vs 56.706
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 7 March 2013 vs 23 October 2012 |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz vs 720 MHz |
| Pipelines | 1792 vs 1536 |
| Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 2500 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 67.802 vs 25.421 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1230.769 vs 734.936 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 81.68 vs 35.434 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 370.179 vs 56.706 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
- Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 89.6 GTexel / s
- Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 122 Watt vs 200 Watt
| Texture fill rate | 92.2 billion / sec vs 89.6 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 122 Watt vs 200 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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| Name | AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 67.802 | 25.421 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1230.769 | 734.936 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 81.68 | 35.434 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 370.179 | 56.706 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4142 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 589 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 12188 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.31 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5683 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3571 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3336 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5683 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3571 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3336 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Kepler |
| Code name | Tahiti | |
| Launch date | 7 March 2013 | 23 October 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | |
| Place in performance rating | 611 | 613 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 720 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2,867 gflops | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1792 | 1536 |
| Texture fill rate | 89.6 GTexel / s | 92.2 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt | 122 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4,313 million | 3540 Million |
| CUDA cores | 1536 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Length | 279 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Laptop size | large | |
| SLI options | 2-way | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 12 API |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 240.0 GB / s | 160 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
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