ATI FirePro V7770 vs GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 622 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.88 | no data |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | GK104 | RV770 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 8 November 2013 (12 years ago) | 2012 (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 | 1536 | 800 |
| Core clock speed | 771 MHz | 625 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 797 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 956 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 122 Watt | 76 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 102.0 | 25.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.448 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 128 | 40 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | no data |
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 | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 234 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR4 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 2.1 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB/s | 33.6 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 | No outputs | 1x DVI |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 3.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 122 Watt | 76 Watt |
GTX 780M Mac Edition has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.
ATI V7770, on the other hand, has 60.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition and FirePro V7770. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition is a notebook graphics card while FirePro V7770 is a workstation one.
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