950A vs 780M Mac Edition

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Combined performance score

GTX 780M Mac Edition
6.66

950A outperforms 780M Mac Edition by 1% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking528526
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.080.15
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameGK104GM107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 November 2013 (10 years old)13 March 2015 (9 years old)
Current price$149 $1099
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 780M Mac Edition has 620% better value for money than GTX 950A.

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 MHz993 MHz
Boost clock speed797 MHz1124 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate102.044.96
Floating-point performance2,448 gflops1,271 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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)MXM-B (3.0)
WidthMXM ModuleMXM Module

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s32.03 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA3.05.0

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 6.66 6.72
Recency 8 November 2013 13 March 2015
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 75 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition and GeForce GTX 950A. The differences in performance seem too small.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
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