GeForce GTX 1630 vs GT 755M Mac Edition

Place in the ranking	856	385
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.09	12.30
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GK107	TU117
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	8 November 2013 (10 years ago)	28 June 2022 (2 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 cores	384	512
Core clock speed	1085 MHz	1740 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1785 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	34.72	57.12
Floating-point processing power	0.8333 TFLOPS	1.828 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	32	32

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	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	no data	145 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	96 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 DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	3.0	7.5

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	2.16	12.91
Recency	8 November 2013	28 June 2022
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt

GT 755M Mac Edition has 50% lower power consumption.

GTX 1630, on the other hand, has a 497.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1630 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1630 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.