ATI FireGL V5100 vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking356not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataR400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameno dataR423
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)1 May 2004 (20 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores8no data
Core clock speed1278 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistorsno data160 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm130 nm
Texture fill rateno data5.400
ROPsno data12
TMUsno data12

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data211 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 dataDDR
Maximum RAM amountno data128 MB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data350 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data22.4 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 data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data9.0b (9_2)
OpenGLno data2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2020 1 May 2004
Chip lithography 5 nm 130 nm

Apple M1 8-Core GPU has an age advantage of 16 years, and a 2500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Apple M1 8-Core GPU and FireGL V5100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook card while FireGL V5100 is a workstation one.


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