Radeon Pro Vega 20 vs GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition

Place in the ranking	565	390
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.79	8.98
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	GK104	Vega 12
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	8 November 2013 (11 years ago)	14 November 2018 (6 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	1536	1280
Core clock speed	771 MHz	815 MHz
Boost clock speed	797 MHz	1283 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	102.0	102.6
Floating-point processing power	2.448 TFLOPS	3.284 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	128	80

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 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 type	GDDR5	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	1024 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	740 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	189.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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

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	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
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.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	30−35 −117%	65 +117%
4K	21−24 −95.2%	41 +95.2%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Elden Ring	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	53 +0%	53 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Valorant	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Dota 2	28 +0%	28 +0%
Elden Ring	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry 5	49 +0%	49 +0%
Fortnite	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	157 +0%	157 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Valorant	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
World of Tanks	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45 +0%	45 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Dota 2	78 +0%	78 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Valorant	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Elden Ring	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
World of Tanks	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Valorant	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Dota 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Elden Ring	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Metro Exodus	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Dota 2	41 +0%	41 +0%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Fortnite	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Valorant	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

This is how GTX 780M Mac Edition and Pro Vega 20 compete in popular games:

Pro Vega 20 is 117% faster in 1080p
Pro Vega 20 is 95% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.72	13.06
Recency	8 November 2013	14 November 2018
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	100 Watt

Pro Vega 20 has a 94.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 22% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro Vega 20 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro Vega 20 is a mobile workstation one.

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