GM20B vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking347not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code nameno dataGM20B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 November 2020 (3 years ago)no data
Current priceno data$158

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 cores8256
Core clock speed1278 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm20 nm

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.

Shared memory+no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

PureVideo HDno dataVP9

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.0
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkanno data1.1
CUDAno data5.3

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 5 nm 20 nm

We couldn't decide between Apple M1 8-Core GPU and GM20B. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook card while GM20B is a desktop one.


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