Radeon HD 6750M Mac Edition vs FirePro V5900
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 744 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.00 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Cayman | Whistler |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 24 May 2011 (13 years ago) | 18 April 2011 (13 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 | 512 | 480 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 598 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,640 million | 716 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 19.20 | 14.35 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6144 TFLOPS | 0.5741 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 32 | 24 |
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-A (3.0) |
| Length | 230 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 | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 794 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 50.82 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 24 May 2011 | 18 April 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 35 Watt |
FirePro V5900 has an age advantage of 1 month, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
HD 6750M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 114.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro V5900 and Radeon HD 6750M Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro V5900 is a workstation card while Radeon HD 6750M Mac Edition is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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