GeForce 256 SDR and Apple M1 GPU - video card comparison

GeForce 256 SDR

Apple M1 GPU

Architecture

Celsius (1999−2005)

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GPU code name

NV10 A3

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Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

October 1999

November 2020

Interface

AGP 4x

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Supplementary power connectors

None

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Core clock speed

120 MHz

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Manufacturing process technology

220 nm

5 nm

Number of transistors

17 million

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Pipelines / CUDA cores

-

8

Texture fill rate

0.48

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Memory type

SDR

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Maximum RAM amount

32 MB

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Memory bus width

64 Bit

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Memory clock speed

143 MHz

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Memory bandwidth

1.144 GB/s

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Shared memory

-

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Display Connectors

1x VGA

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DirectX

7.0

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OpenCL

N/A

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OpenGL

1.2

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Vulkan

N/A

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