Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Iris Xe Graphics MAX - video card comparison

Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Architecture

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Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)

GPU code name

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DG1

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

November 2020

October 2020

Interface

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PCIe 4.0 x4

Boost clock speed

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1650 MHz

Core clock speed

1278 MHz

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Manufacturing process technology

5 nm

10 nm

Pipelines / CUDA cores

8

768

Power consumption (TDP)

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25 Watt

Texture fill rate

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79.20

Memory type

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LPDDR4X

Maximum RAM amount

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4 GB

Memory bus width

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128 Bit

Memory clock speed

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4.3 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

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68.26 GB/s

Shared memory

+

-

Display Connectors

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No outputs

DirectX

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12 (12_1)

OpenCL

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3.0

OpenGL

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4.6

Shader Model

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6.4

Vulkan

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1.2