AMD Radeon HD 6630M Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Whistler | G94 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Whistler LP | N10E-GS1 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 505 million |
| Die size | 104 mm² | 240 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jan 4th, 2011 | Mar 3rd, 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Vancouver (HD 6600M) | GeForce 100M |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | Manhattan | GeForce 9M |
| Successor | London | GeForce 200M |
| Reviews | — | 2 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 500 MHz | 600 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 600 MHz 2.4 Gbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1500 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 19.20 GB/s | 51.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 480 | 64 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 24 | 32 |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| Compute units | 6 | — |
| SM count | — | 8 |
| Cache L2 | — | 64 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 4.000 GPixel/s | 9.600 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 12.00 GTexel/s | 19.20 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 480.0 GFLOPS | 192.0 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 26 W | 60 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
