Wii U GPU and GameCube GPU - video card comparison
Wii U GPU
GameCube GPU
Architecture
TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
Rage 5 (2000)
GPU code name
Latte
Flipper
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2012
August 2000
Interface
IGP
IGP
Core clock speed
550 MHz
162 MHz
Floating-point performance
352.0 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
180 nm
Number of transistors
880 million
51 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
160
-
Power consumption (TDP)
33 Watt
45 Watt
Texture fill rate
8.800
0.65
Memory type
DDR3
SDR
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
16 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1600 MHz
162 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
1.296 GB/s
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
N/A
6.0+
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
N/A
N/A
Shader Model
5.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A