GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition vs 280

Place in performance ranking	695	529
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.24	1.10
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GT200	GK104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 June 2008 (15 years ago)	8 November 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	no data
Current price	$159 (0.2x MSRP)	$149

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 780M Mac Edition has 358% better value for money than GTX 280.

Technical specs

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	240	1536
CUDA cores	240	no data
Core clock speed	602 MHz	771 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	797 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	236 Watt	122 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion/sec	102.0
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops	2,448 gflops

Size and 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	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	MXM Module
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no data

Memory

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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	141.7 GB/s	160.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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	HDTVDual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	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.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	3.35	6.67
Recency	16 June 2008	8 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	236 Watt	122 Watt