GeForce RTX 4090 D vs Apple M1 7-Core GPU

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot rated4
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data8.18
Architectureno dataAda Lovelace
GPU code nameno dataAD102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 November 2020 (3 years ago)28 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,599
Current priceno data$2537 (1.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores714592
Core clock speed1278 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistorsno data76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data425 Watt
Texture fill rateno data1,149

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Apple M1 7-Core GPU and GeForce RTX 4090 D compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amountno data24 GB
Memory bus widthno data384 Bit
Memory clock speedno data21 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data1,008 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.3
CUDAno data8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2020 28 December 2023

We couldn't decide between Apple M1 7-Core GPU and GeForce RTX 4090 D. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M1 7-Core GPU is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 D is a desktop one.


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