Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Radeon R9 290X - video card comparison
Apple M1 8-Core GPU
Radeon R9 290X
Architecture
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GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name
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Hawaii XT
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
November 2020
October 2013
Bus support
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PCIe 3.0
Interface
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PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
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1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
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947 MHz
Core clock speed
1278 MHz
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Floating-point performance
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5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
5 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
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6,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8
2816
Power consumption (TDP)
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250 Watt
Texture fill rate
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176.0
Memory type
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GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
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4 GB
Memory bus width
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512 Bit
Memory clock speed
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1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth
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320 GB/s
Shared memory
+
-
Display Connectors
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2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity
-
+
HDMI
-
+
DisplayPort support
-
+
DirectX
-
DirectX® 12
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
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2.0
OpenGL
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4.6
Shader Model
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6.3
Vulkan
-
+
AppAcceleration
-
+
CrossFire
-
1
DDMA audio
-
+
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
-
1
HD3D
-
+
LiquidVR
-
1
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
-
1
TrueAudio
-
+
UVD
-
+
ZeroCore
-
-