GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition vs GTX 560 SE

Place in the ranking	626	557
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.13	no data
Power efficiency	2.30	3.81
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GF114	GK104
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	20 February 2012 (12 years ago)	8 November 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$89.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	288	1536
Core clock speed	736 MHz	771 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	797 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	122 Watt
Texture fill rate	35.33	102.0
Floating-point processing power	0.8479 TFLOPS	2.448 TFLOPS
ROPs	24	32
TMUs	48	128

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 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	210 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	957 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	91.87 GB/s	160.0 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	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	2.1	3.0

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	4.96	6.69
Recency	20 February 2012	8 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	122 Watt

GTX 780M Mac Edition has a 34.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 23% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 560 SE in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 560 SE is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition is a notebook one.

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