AMD Radeon HD 6770M Mac vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac

AMD Radeon HD 6770M Mac
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac
480 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
675MHz
32 Shaders
128MB GDDR3
470MHz
Peak AI Performance
650 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
INT32
FP32
650 GFLOPS
FP32
60 GFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
35W
TDP
20W
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Tesla
Family
Radeon HD 6000
Family
GeForce 8000
Codename
Turks
RV930
Variant
Whistler XT
Codename
NV84
G84
Variant
NB8P
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
1/4/2011
Release Date
5/1/2007
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Fabrication Node
80nm
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Die Size
118 mm²
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Die Size
169 mm²
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Transistor Count
716 Million
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Transistor Count
289 Million
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Transistor Density
6.07M/mm²
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Transistor Density
1.71M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
480 Shaders
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Shading Units
32 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
24 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
8 ROPs
Render Output Units
8 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
4 SMs
Compute Units
6 CUs
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675MHz
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940MHz Shader
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470MHz
Peak AI Performance
650 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
INT32
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FP32
650 GFLOPS
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FP32
60 GFLOPS
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INT32
0.06 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
5.4 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
3.76 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
16.2 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
7.52 GTexel/s
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L1
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Unknown
L2
256KB Shared
L2
64KB Shared
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1GB
GDDR5
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128MB
GDDR3
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
794MHz
Transfer Rate
3.2GT/s
Bandwidth
50.8GB/s
Clock
635MHz
Transfer Rate
1.3GT/s
Bandwidth
20.3GB/s
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TDP
35W
TDP
20W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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Model
UVD 3.0
No Decoders
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
4
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Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.1
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PureVideo HD
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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