Radeon RX 5900 XT vs GeForce 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 ranking563not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.76no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK104Navi 21
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date8 November 2013 (11 years ago)no data

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 cores15364352
Core clock speed771 MHzno data
Boost clock speed797 MHz1735 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million21,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate102.0471.9
Floating-point processing power2.448 TFLOPS15.1 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs128272

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 4.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s672.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 300 Watt

GTX 780M Mac Edition has 145.9% lower power consumption.

RX 5900 XT, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition and Radeon RX 5900 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition is a notebook card while Radeon RX 5900 XT is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
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AMD Radeon RX 5900 XT
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