Playstation 3 RSX 40nm vs GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking559not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.03no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGK104RSX-CXD5302
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 November 2013 (10 years ago)4 October 2012 (12 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 cores1536no data
Core clock speed771 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed797 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million302 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate102.013.20
Floating-point processing power2.448 TFLOPSno data
ROPs328
TMUs12824

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)IGP
WidthMXM ModuleIGP

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s22.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6ES 1.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 November 2013 4 October 2012
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 35 Watt

GTX 780M Mac Edition has an age advantage of 1 year, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Playstation 3 RSX 40nm, on the other hand, has 248.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition and Playstation 3 RSX 40nm. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
NVIDIA Playstation 3 RSX 40nm
Playstation 3 RSX 40nm

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