AMD Radeon Pro 560X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Polaris 21 | GK104 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Polaris 21 XT (215-0908004) | N13E-GTX2-A2 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Kepler |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 3,540 million |
| Die size | 123 mm² | 294 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jul 16th, 2018 | Oct 23rd, 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon Pro Mac (500X Series) | GeForce 600M |
| Production | Active | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 500M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 700M |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 1004 MHz | 719 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1470 MHz 5.9 Gbps effective | 1250 MHz 5 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 4 GB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 94.08 GB/s | 160.0 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 1024 | 1536 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 64 | 128 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| Compute units | 16 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 16 KB (per SMX) |
| Cache L2 | 1024 KB | 512 KB |
| SMX count | — | 8 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 16.06 GPixel/s | 23.01 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 64.26 GTexel/s | 92.03 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 2.056 TFLOPS (1:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 2.056 TFLOPS | 2.209 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 128.5 GFLOPS (1:16) | 92.03 GFLOPS (1:24) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | IGP | — |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 75 W | 122 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 3.0 |
