GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition vs GTX 780M Mac Edition

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking611not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.85no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGK104GM107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date8 November 2013 (11 years ago)13 March 2015 (10 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 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 processing power2.448 TFLOPS1.439 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs12840

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)MXM-B (3.0)

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s28.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D 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

Pros & cons summary


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

GTX 780M Mac Edition has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 950M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 62.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition and GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

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