GeForce GTX 980MX 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 ranking608not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.85no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGK104GM204
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date8 November 2013 (11 years ago)1 June 2016 (9 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 cores15361664
Core clock speed771 MHz1050 MHz
Boost clock speed797 MHz1178 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt148 Watt
Texture fill rate102.0122.5
Floating-point processing power2.448 TFLOPS3.92 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs128104

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)PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s192.0 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 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA3.05.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 November 2013 1 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 148 Watt

GTX 780M Mac Edition has 21.3% lower power consumption.

GTX 980MX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition and GeForce GTX 980MX. We've got no test results to judge.

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