Apple M1 8-Core GPU and TU117 - video card comparison

Apple M1 8-Core GPU

TU117

Architecture

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Turing (2018−2021)

GPU code name

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TU117

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

November 2020

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Core clock speed

1278 MHz

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Manufacturing process technology

5 nm

12 nm

Number of transistors

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4,700 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

8

1024

Shared memory

+

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DirectX

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12 (12_1)

CUDA

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7.5

OpenCL

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3.0

OpenGL

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4.6

Shader Model

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6.7

Vulkan

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1.3

NVENC

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6th Gen

PureVideo HD

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VP10