Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition vs GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE)
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1384 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.86 | no data |
| Architecture | no data | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | MCP79MX | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 14 October 2008 (17 years ago) | 7 March 2013 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $449 |
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 | 16 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 282 Million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 89.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 2.867 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 112 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 448 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 768 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 | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 279 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 6-pin |
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 | no data | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 240.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | no data | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.0 | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 October 2008 | 7 March 2013 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 200 Watt |
9400M (G) / ION (LE) has 1566.7% lower power consumption.
HD 7950 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) and Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition is a desktop one.
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