GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition vs Radeon HD 6950

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6950 with GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition, including specs and performance data.

HD 6950
2010
2 GB GDDR5, 500 Watt
6.78
+101%

HD 6950 outperforms GTX 775M Mac Edition by a whopping 101% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking555730
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.04no data
Power efficiency2.452.43
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameCaymanGK104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date14 December 2010 (13 years ago)8 November 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 cores14081344
Core clock speedno data797 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,640 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)500 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate70.4089.26
Floating-point processing power2.253 TFLOPS2.142 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs88112

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).

Bus supportPCIe 2.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data160.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-1.1.126
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 6.78 3.37
Recency 14 December 2010 8 November 2013
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 500 Watt 100 Watt

HD 6950 has a 101.2% higher aggregate performance score.

GTX 775M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 6950 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6950 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition is a notebook one.


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