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Apple M1 8-Core GPU and GeForce GTX 970 - video card comparison


Apple M1 8-Core GPU

GeForce GTX 970


Architecture
-
Maxwell (2014−2018)

GPU code name
-
GM204

Market segment
Laptop
Desktop

Release date
November 2020
September 2014

Bus support
-
PCI Express 3.0

Interface
-
PCIe 3.0 x16

Recommended system power (PSU)
-
500 Watt

Supplementary power connectors
-
2x 6-pins

SLI options
-
+

Boost clock speed
-
1178 MHz

Core clock speed
1278 MHz
1050 MHz

CUDA cores
-
1664

Floating-point performance
-
3,920 gflops

Manufacturing process technology
5 nm
28 nm

Number of transistors
-
5,200 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores
8
1664

Power consumption (TDP)
-
145 Watt

Maximum GPU temperature
-
98 °C

Texture fill rate
-
109 billion/sec

Memory type
-
GDDR5

Maximum RAM amount
-
4 GB

Memory bus width
-
256 Bit

Memory clock speed
-
7.0 GB/s

Memory bandwidth
-
224 GB/s

Shared memory
+
-

Display Connectors
-
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2

Multi monitor support
-
4 displays

HDMI
-
+

HDCP
-
+

Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536

G-SYNC support
-
+

Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal

DirectX
-
12 (12_1)

CUDA
-
+

OpenCL
-
1.2

OpenGL
-
4.4

Shader Model
-
6.4

Vulkan
-
1.1.126

GameStream
-
+

GameWorks
-
+

GeForce ShadowPlay
-
+

GPU Boost
-
2.0