Apple M1 8-Core GPU and RTX A500 - video card comparison

Apple M1 8-Core GPU

RTX A500

Architecture

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Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

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GA107

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

November 2020

November 2021

Interface

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PCIe 4.0 x8

Supplementary power connectors

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None

Boost clock speed

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1770 MHz

Core clock speed

1278 MHz

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Manufacturing process technology

5 nm

8 nm

Pipelines / CUDA cores

8

2048

Power consumption (TDP)

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60 Watt

Texture fill rate

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113.3

Memory type

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GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

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4 GB

Memory bus width

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64 Bit

Memory clock speed

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14 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

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112.0 GB/s

Shared memory

+

-

Display Connectors

-

No outputs

DirectX

-

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

-

8.6

OpenCL

-

3.0

OpenGL

-

4.6

Shader Model

-

6.7

Vulkan

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1.3