NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition vs AMD FirePro W600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition and AMD FirePro W600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 - 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 771 MHz vs 750 MHz
  • 4.3x more texture fill rate: 102.0 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 1536 vs 512
  • 3.2x better floating-point performance: 2,448 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 33.184 vs 17.708
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1002.196 vs 585.463
  • Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.261 vs 1.857
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 54.752 vs 36.592
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 126.579 vs 93.116
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6912 vs 2331
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6710 vs 1555
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6703 vs 3250
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 November 2013 vs 13 June 2012
Core clock speed 771 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate 102.0 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 512
Floating-point performance 2,448 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.184 vs 17.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1002.196 vs 585.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.261 vs 1.857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 54.752 vs 36.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 126.579 vs 93.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6912 vs 2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6710 vs 1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6703 vs 3250

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W600

  • Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 122 Watt
  • 19.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2331 vs 117
  • 14.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1555 vs 108.2
  • 27.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3250 vs 119.7
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 122 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2331 vs 117
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1555 vs 108.2
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3250 vs 119.7

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W600

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.184
17.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1002.196
585.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.261
1.857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.752
36.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
126.579
93.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6912
2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6710
1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6703
3250
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
117
2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
108.2
1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
119.7
3250
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition AMD FirePro W600
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.184 17.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1002.196 585.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.261 1.857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 54.752 36.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 126.579 93.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6912 2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6710 1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6703 3250
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 117 2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 108.2 1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 119.7 3250
PassMark - G3D Mark 1671
PassMark - G2D Mark 603
Geekbench - OpenCL 6185

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition AMD FirePro W600

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK104 Cape Verde
Launch date 8 November 2013 13 June 2012
Place in performance rating 916 917
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $599

Technical info

Boost clock speed 797 MHz
Core clock speed 771 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,448 gflops 768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1536 512
Texture fill rate 102.0 GTexel / s 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 122 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 6x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 163 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5