ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition vs GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition with Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition, including specs and performance data.
GTX 775M Mac Edition outperforms ATI X1900 CrossFire Edition by a whopping 836% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 735 | 1283 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.31 | 0.25 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | R500 (2005−2007) |
| GPU code name | GK104 | R580 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 8 November 2013 (11 years ago) | 24 January 2006 (18 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 | 1344 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 797 MHz | 625 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 384 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 89.26 | 10.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.142 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 112 | 16 |
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 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB/s | 46.4 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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| 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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.37 | 0.36 |
| Recency | 8 November 2013 | 24 January 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
GTX 775M Mac Edition has a 836.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition is a notebook card while Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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