Apple M1 8-Core GPU and GeForce 6600 - video card comparison

Apple M1 8-Core GPU

GeForce 6600

Architecture

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Curie (2003−2013)

GPU code name

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NV43 A2

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

November 2020

August 2004

Interface

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PCIe 1.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

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None

Core clock speed

1278 MHz

300 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

5 nm

110 nm

Number of transistors

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146 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

8

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Texture fill rate

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2.400

Memory type

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DDR

Maximum RAM amount

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256 MB

Memory bus width

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128 Bit

Memory clock speed

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500 MHz

Memory bandwidth

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8 GB/s

Shared memory

+

-

Display Connectors

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1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

DirectX

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9.0c (9_3)

OpenCL

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N/A

OpenGL

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2.1

Shader Model

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3.0

Vulkan

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N/A