NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M vs AMD Radeon HD 6790

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M and AMD Radeon HD 6790 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 90% higher texture fill rate: 63.76 GTexel / s vs 33.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 960 vs 800
  • Around 14% better floating-point performance: 1,530 gflops vs 1,344.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2798 vs 1619
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 29.528 vs 12.318
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.486 vs 1.234
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 42.15 vs 28.768
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4133 vs 3127
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3651 vs 3534
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4133 vs 3127
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3651 vs 3534
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 May 2013 vs 4 April 2011
Texture fill rate 63.76 GTexel / s vs 33.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 960 vs 800
Floating-point performance 1,530 gflops vs 1,344.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2798 vs 1619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 29.528 vs 12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.486 vs 1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.15 vs 28.768
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4133 vs 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3651 vs 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4133 vs 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3651 vs 3534

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790

  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 840 MHz vs 811 MHz
  • 2.1x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 373 vs 339
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 750.421 vs 731.755
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 121.423 vs 87.659
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3331
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3331
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 840 MHz vs 811 MHz
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 373 vs 339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 750.421 vs 731.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 121.423 vs 87.659
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 3331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 3331

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6790

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2798
1619
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
339
373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
29.528
12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
731.755
750.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.486
1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
42.15
28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
87.659
121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4133
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3651
3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4133
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3651
3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
3350
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M AMD Radeon HD 6790
PassMark - G3D Mark 2798 1619
PassMark - G2D Mark 339 373
Geekbench - OpenCL 8632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 29.528 12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 731.755 750.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.486 1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.15 28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 87.659 121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4133 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3651 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4133 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3651 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 964

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M AMD Radeon HD 6790

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK106 Barts
Launch date 30 May 2013 4 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $189.99 $149
Place in performance rating 860 862
Price now $177.99 $64.99
Type Laptop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 19.67 39.40

Technical info

Boost clock speed 797 MHz
Core clock speed 811 MHz 840 MHz
CUDA cores 960
Floating-point performance 1,530 gflops 1,344.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 960 800
Texture fill rate 63.76 GTexel / s 33.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 2,540 million 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
SLI options 1
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Length 198 mm

API support

DirectX 12 API 11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 96.0 GB / s 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
TXAA