AMD Radeon HD 7730M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Chelsea | GK107 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Chelsea LE (216-0834065) | N13P-GS |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Kepler |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 1,270 million |
| Die size | 123 mm² | 118 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Apr 24th, 2012 | Feb 3rd, 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | London (HD 7700M) | GeForce 600M |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | Vancouver | GeForce 500M |
| Successor | Solar System | GeForce 700M |
| Reviews | — | 2 in our database |
Clocks
| Base clock | 575 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 675 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective | 1250 MHz 5 Gbps effective |
| GPU clock | — | 745 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 2 GB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 28.80 GB/s | 40.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 512 | 384 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 32 | 32 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| Compute units | 8 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 16 KB (per SMX) |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 128 KB |
| SMX count | — | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 10.80 GPixel/s | 5.960 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 21.60 GTexel/s | 23.84 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 691.2 GFLOPS | 572.2 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 43.20 GFLOPS (1:16) | 23.84 GFLOPS (1:24) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 25 W | 32 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 3.0 |
