AMD FirePro M5100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition

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Combined performance score

GTX 780M Mac Edition
6.66
+22.9%

GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition outperforms FirePro M5100 by 23% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking528572
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.082.83
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameGK104Venus
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date8 November 2013 (10 years old)1 October 2013 (10 years old)
Current price$149 $105
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro M5100 has 162% better value for money than GTX 780M Mac Edition.

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 cores1536640
Core clock speed771 MHz725 MHz
Boost clock speed797 MHz775 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Wattno data
Texture fill rate102.031.00
Floating-point performance2,448 gflops992.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition and FirePro M5100 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)MXM-A (3.0)
WidthMXM Moduleno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s72 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA3.0no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD35−40
+12.9%
31
−12.9%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 6.66 5.42
Recency 8 November 2013 1 October 2013
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB

The GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro M5100 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition is a desktop card while FirePro M5100 is a mobile workstation 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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