Radeon R7 250E vs GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition with Radeon R7 250E, including specs and performance data.

GTX 780M Mac Edition
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 122 Watt
6.70
+53%

GTX 780M Mac Edition outperforms R7 250E by an impressive 53% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking563670
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.27
Power efficiency3.765.46
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGK104Cape Verde
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date8 November 2013 (11 years ago)20 December 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$109

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1536512
Core clock speed771 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speed797 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt55 Watt
Texture fill rate102.025.60
Floating-point processing power2.448 TFLOPS0.8192 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs12832

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s72 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA3.0-

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 6.70 4.38
Recency 8 November 2013 20 December 2013
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 55 Watt

GTX 780M Mac Edition has a 53% higher aggregate performance score, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

R7 250E, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month, and 121.8% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 250E in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition is a notebook card while Radeon R7 250E is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
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