M62 vs Cayman

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	695	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	Ultra-Threaded SE
GPU code name	Cayman	M62
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	no data	no data
Current price	$15.40	$460

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	no data
Number of transistors	2,640 million	105 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

40 nm

90 nm

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