GeForce GTX 950 and Apple M1 GPU - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 950
Apple M1 GPU
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
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GPU code name
GM206
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Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
August 2015
November 2020
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Recommended system power (PSU)
350 Watt
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
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SLI options
+
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Boost clock speed
1188 MHz
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Core clock speed
1024 MHz
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CUDA cores
768
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Floating-point performance
1,825 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
8
Power consumption (TDP)
90 Watt
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Texture fill rate
49.2 billion/sec
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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
6.6 GB/s
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Memory bandwidth
105.6 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDMI
+
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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G-SYNC support
+
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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DirectX
12 (12_1)
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CUDA
+
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OpenCL
1.2
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OpenGL
4.5
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Shader Model
6.4
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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GameStream
+
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GameWorks
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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GPU Boost
2.0
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