Apple M1 GPU and A16 PCIe - video card comparison

Apple M1 GPU

A16 PCIe

Architecture

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Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

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GA107

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

November 2020

April 2021

Interface

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PCIe 4.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

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8-pin EPS

Boost clock speed

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1695 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

5 nm

8 nm

Number of transistors

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17,400 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

8

2560

Power consumption (TDP)

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250 Watt

Texture fill rate

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135.6

Memory type

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GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

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16 GB

Memory bus width

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128 Bit

Memory clock speed

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14.5 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

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231.9 GB/s

Shared memory

+

-

Display Connectors

-

No outputs

DirectX

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12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

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8.6

OpenCL

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3.0

OpenGL

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4.6

Shader Model

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6.6

Vulkan

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1.2