Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Radeon 540 - video card comparison

Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Radeon 540

Architecture

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GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)

GPU code name

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Lexa

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

November 2020

April 2017

Interface

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PCIe 3.0 x8

Supplementary power connectors

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None

Boost clock speed

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1124 MHz

Core clock speed

1278 MHz

1183 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

5 nm

14 nm

Number of transistors

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2,200 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

8

384

Power consumption (TDP)

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50 Watt

Texture fill rate

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28.39

Memory type

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GDDR5

Maximum RAM amount

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1 GB

Memory bus width

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32 Bit

Memory clock speed

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6 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

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24 GB/s

Shared memory

+

-

Display Connectors

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2x DisplayPort 1.4a

DirectX

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12 (12_0)

OpenCL

-

2.1

OpenGL

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4.6

Shader Model

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6.7

Vulkan

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1.3