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Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Radeon R9 280 - video card comparison


Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Radeon R9 280


Architecture
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GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)

GPU code name
-
Tahiti

Market segment
Laptop
Desktop

Release date
November 2020
March 2014

Bus support
-
PCIe 3.0

Interface
-
PCIe 3.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors
-
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin

Boost clock speed
-
933 MHz

Core clock speed
1278 MHz
-

Floating-point performance
-
3,344 gflops

Manufacturing process technology
5 nm
28 nm

Number of transistors
-
4,313 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores
8
1792

Power consumption (TDP)
-
200 Watt

Texture fill rate
-
104.5

Memory type
-
GDDR5

Maximum RAM amount
-
3 GB

Memory bus width
-
384 Bit

Memory clock speed
-
1250 MHz

Memory bandwidth
-
240 GB/s

Shared memory
+
-

Display Connectors
-
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort

Eyefinity
-
1

HDMI
-
+

DisplayPort support
-
-

DirectX
-
DirectX® 12

Mantle
-
-

OpenCL
-
1.2

OpenGL
-
4.6

Shader Model
-
5.1

Vulkan
-
+

AppAcceleration
-
-

CrossFire
-
1

DDMA audio
-
+

Enduro
-
-

FreeSync
-
1

HD3D
-
+

LiquidVR
-
1

PowerTune
-
-

TressFX
-
1

TrueAudio
-
+

UVD
-
+

ZeroCore
-
-