Apple M1 8-Core GPU and HD Graphics 6000 - video card comparison

Apple M1 8-Core GPU

HD Graphics 6000

Architecture

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Gen. 8 Broadwell (2014−2015)

GPU code name

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Broadwell GT3

Market segment

Laptop

Laptop

Release date

November 2020

January 2015

Interface

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PCIe 2.0 x1

Boost clock speed

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1000 MHz

Core clock speed

1278 MHz

300 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

5 nm

14 nm

Number of transistors

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189 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

8

48

Power consumption (TDP)

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15 Watt

Texture fill rate

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48.00

Memory type

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System Shared

Maximum RAM amount

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System Shared

Memory bus width

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64/128 Bit

Memory clock speed

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System Shared

Shared memory

+

+

Display Connectors

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No outputs

DirectX

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12 (11_1)

OpenCL

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2.0

OpenGL

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4.4

Shader Model

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5.1

Vulkan

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1.1.80

Quick Sync

-

+