Radeon RX 5700 vs GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition and Radeon RX 5700, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RX 5700 outperforms GTX 780M Mac Edition by a whopping 460% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 559 | 121 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 74 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 46.74 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Navi / RDNA (2019−2020) |
| GPU code name | GK104 | Navi 10 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 8 November 2013 (10 years ago) | 7 July 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $349 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 771 MHz | 1465 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 797 MHz | 1725 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 10,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 122 Watt | 180 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 102.0 | 248.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.448 gflops | 7.949 gflops |
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 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 268 mm |
| Width | MXM Module | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz | 14000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB/s | 448.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 3.0 | - |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 18−21
−550%
| 117
+550%
|
| 1440p | 12−14
−492%
| 71
+492%
|
| 4K | 7−8
−514%
| 43
+514%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 84
+0%
|
84
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 77
+0%
|
77
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 97
+0%
|
97
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 180
+0%
|
180
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 102
+0%
|
102
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 75
+0%
|
75
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 112
+0%
|
112
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 99
+0%
|
99
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 288
+0%
|
288
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 76
+0%
|
76
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 294
+0%
|
294
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 144
+0%
|
144
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 113
+0%
|
113
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 259
+0%
|
259
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 130
+0%
|
130
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 80
+0%
|
80
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 145
+0%
|
145
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 92
+0%
|
92
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 67
+0%
|
67
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 90
+0%
|
90
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 90
+0%
|
90
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 276
+0%
|
276
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 75
+0%
|
75
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 291
+0%
|
291
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 143
+0%
|
143
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 98
+0%
|
98
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 175
+0%
|
175
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 243
+0%
|
243
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 60
+0%
|
60
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 77
+0%
|
77
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 68
+0%
|
68
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 58
+0%
|
58
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 64
+0%
|
64
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 118
+0%
|
118
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 73
+0%
|
73
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 119
+0%
|
119
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 155
+0%
|
155
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 91
+0%
|
91
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 58
+0%
|
58
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 102
+0%
|
102
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 102
+0%
|
102
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 73
+0%
|
73
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 51
+0%
|
51
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 53
+0%
|
53
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 50
+0%
|
50
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 36
+0%
|
36
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 52
+0%
|
52
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 267
+0%
|
267
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 55
+0%
|
55
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 93
+0%
|
93
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 94
+0%
|
94
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 108
+0%
|
108
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 244
+0%
|
244
+0%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 70
+0%
|
70
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 53
+0%
|
53
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 39
+0%
|
39
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 39
+0%
|
39
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 116
+0%
|
116
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 57
+0%
|
57
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 48
+0%
|
48
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 31
+0%
|
31
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 31
+0%
|
31
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 26
+0%
|
26
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 15
+0%
|
15
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 26
+0%
|
26
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 70
+0%
|
70
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 64
+0%
|
64
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 11
+0%
|
11
+0%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 35
+0%
|
35
+0%
|
This is how GTX 780M Mac Edition and RX 5700 compete in popular games:
- RX 5700 is 550% faster in 1080p
- RX 5700 is 492% faster in 1440p
- RX 5700 is 514% faster in 4K
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 6.70 | 37.51 |
| Recency | 8 November 2013 | 7 July 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 122 Watt | 180 Watt |
GTX 780M Mac Edition has 47.5% lower power consumption.
RX 5700, on the other hand, has a 459.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon RX 5700 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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