Apple M1 8-Core GPU and M18 - video card comparison

Apple M1 8-Core GPU

M18

Architecture

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R400 (2004−2008)

GPU code name

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M18

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

November 2020

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Core clock speed

1278 MHz

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Manufacturing process technology

5 nm

130 nm

Number of transistors

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160 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

8

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Shared memory

+

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DirectX

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9.0b (9_2)

OpenCL

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N/A

OpenGL

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2.1

Vulkan

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N/A