Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Radeon R9 M290X Mac Edition - video card comparison
Apple M1 8-Core GPU
Radeon R9 M290X Mac Edition
Architecture
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GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name
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Pitcairn
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
November 2020
November 2014
Interface
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PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
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None
Boost clock speed
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975 MHz
Core clock speed
1278 MHz
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Manufacturing process technology
5 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
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2,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
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80 Watt
Texture fill rate
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62.40
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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5.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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174.7 GB/s
Shared memory
+
-
Display Connectors
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No outputs
DirectX
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12 (11_1)
OpenCL
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1.2
OpenGL
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4.6
Shader Model
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5.1
Vulkan
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1.2