AMD Radeon R9 M290 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac

AMD Radeon R9 M290
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Mac
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
975MHz
384 Shaders
512MB GDDR5
950MHz
Peak AI Performance
2 TFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
0.73 TOPS
INT32
FP32
2 TFLOPS
FP32
730 GFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
80W
TDP
50W
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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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
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 1
Architecture
Kepler
Family
Radeon R 200
Family
GeForce 600
Codename
Pitcairn
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Variant
Neptune XT
Codename
NVE7
GK107
Variant
N13E-GE
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
5/31/2014
Release Date
3/22/2012
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
212 mm²
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Die Size
118 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
1.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.21M/mm²
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Transistor Density
10.76M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Shading Units
384 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
2 SMs
Compute Units
16 CUs
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850MHz Base
975MHz
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950MHz
Peak AI Performance
2 TFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
0.73 TOPS
INT32
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FP32
2 TFLOPS
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FP32
730 GFLOPS
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FP64
120 GFLOPS
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FP64
30 GFLOPS
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INT32
0.73 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
31.2 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
15.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
62.4 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
30.4 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
48KB/SM Tex
16KB/SM
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L2
512KB Shared
L2
256KB Shared
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4GB
GDDR5
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512MB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1365MHz
Transfer Rate
5.5GT/s
Bandwidth
174.7GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
80GB/s
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TDP
80W
TDP
50W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
30Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
2
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Model
VCE 1.0
Model
NVENC 1
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
UVD 4.0
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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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
12
Direct 3D
11_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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Shader Model
6.5
CUDA
3.0
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PureVideo HD
VP5
VDPAU
Feature Set D
Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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