GeForce Go 6600 vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

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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 dataCurie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameno dataNV43M
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date10 November 2020 (3 years ago)29 September 2005 (18 years ago)
Current priceno data$161

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 cores812
Core clock speed1278 MHz4 MHz
Boost clock speedno data375 MHz
Number of transistorsno data146 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm110 nm
Texture fill rateno data2.400

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Apple M1 8-Core GPU and GeForce Go 6600 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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.

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Interfaceno dataMXM-II

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 dataGDDR2
Maximum RAM amountno data256 MB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data700 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data11.2 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data9.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkanno dataN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2020 29 September 2005
Chip lithography 5 nm 110 nm

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