Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Radeon HD 6970M - video card comparison
Apple M1 8-Core GPU
Radeon HD 6970M
Architecture
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Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name
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Blackcomb XT
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
November 2020
January 2011
Interface
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MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
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None
Core clock speed
1278 MHz
680 MHz
Floating-point performance
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1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
5 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
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1,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8
960
Power consumption (TDP)
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75-100 Watt
Texture fill rate
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32.64
Memory type
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GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
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2 GB
Memory bus width
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256 Bit
Memory clock speed
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900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
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115.2 GB/s
Shared memory
+
-
Display Connectors
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No outputs
DirectX
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11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL
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1.2
OpenGL
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4.4
Shader Model
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5.0
Vulkan
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N/A