NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 771 MHz
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 993 MHz vs 797 MHz
Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 122 Watt
16.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1973 vs 117
20.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2188 vs 108.2
27.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3289 vs 119.7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 8 November 2013
Core clock speed	914 MHz vs 771 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz vs 797 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 122 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1973 vs 117
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2188 vs 108.2
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3289 vs 119.7

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition

2.6x more texture fill rate: 102.0 GTexel / s vs 39.72 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 640
Around 93% better floating-point performance: 2,448 gflops vs 1,271 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6912 vs 1973
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6710 vs 2188
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6703 vs 3289

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	102.0 GTexel / s vs 39.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,448 gflops vs 1,271 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6912 vs 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6710 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6703 vs 3289

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1973

6912

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1973

117

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2188

6710

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2188

108.2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3289

6703

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3289

119.7

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	2568
PassMark - G2D Mark	262
Geekbench - OpenCL	10292
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1973	6912
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1973	117
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2188	6710
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2188	108.2
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3289	6703
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3289	119.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		33.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1002.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.261
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		54.752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		126.579

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Kepler
Code name	GM107	GK104
Launch date	13 March 2015	8 November 2013
Place in performance rating	916	918
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	797 MHz
Core clock speed	914 MHz	771 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,271 gflops	2,448 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	1536
Texture fill rate	39.72 GTexel / s	102.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	122 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5