GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition vs FirePro V4900
Aggregate performance score
We've compared FirePro V4900 with GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition, including specs and performance data.
775M Mac Edition outperforms V4900 by a significant 27% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 882 | 803 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.47 | 2.35 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | Turks | GK104 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 November 2011 (14 years ago) | 8 November 2013 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 480 | 1344 |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 797 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 3,540 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 19.20 | 89.26 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.768 TFLOPS | 2.142 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 24 | 112 |
| L1 Cache | 48 KB | 112 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 512 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Length | 163 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 160.0 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 3.0 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.40 | 3.05 |
| Recency | 1 November 2011 | 8 November 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 100 Watt |
FirePro V4900 has 33.3% lower power consumption.
GTX 775M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has a 27.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro V4900 in performance tests.
Be aware that FirePro V4900 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition is a notebook one.
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