GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition vs Radeon HD 7990

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7990 and GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 7990
2013
3 GB GDDR5, 375 Watt
14.41
+329%

HD 7990 outperforms GTX 775M Mac Edition by a whopping 329% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking337700
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.680.26
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameMaltaGK104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date24 April 2013 (11 years ago)8 November 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data
Current price$486 (0.5x MSRP)$149

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 7990 has 546% better value for money than GTX 775M Mac Edition.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores20481344
Core clock speed950 MHz797 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,313 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate128.089.26
Floating-point performance2x 4,096 gflops2,142 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length307 mmno data
Width2-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno data

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 amount3 GB2 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s160.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDAno data3.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.41 3.36
Recency 24 April 2013 8 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 100 Watt

The Radeon HD 7990 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition in performance tests.


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