AMD Radeon HD 6550A vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Pinewood | GK107 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Pinewood PRO | N13P-GS |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Kepler |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 627 million | 1,270 million |
| Die size | 104 mm² | 118 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Feb 7th, 2011 | Feb 3rd, 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | All-In-One (HD 6000) | GeForce 600M |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 2 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 500M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 700M |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 550 MHz | 745 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 1250 MHz 5 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 2 GB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 25.60 GB/s | 40.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 480 | 384 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 24 | 32 |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| Compute units | 6 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | 16 KB (per SMX) |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 128 KB |
| SMX count | — | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 4.400 GPixel/s | 5.960 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 13.20 GTexel/s | 23.84 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 528.0 GFLOPS | 572.2 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 23.84 GFLOPS (1:24) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | MXM Module | — |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 35 W | 32 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 3.0 |
