Jetson TX2 GPU 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 the ranking356not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataPascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameno dataGP10B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$249

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 cores8256
Core clock speed1278 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1465 MHz
Manufacturing process technology5 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data23.44
Floating-point processing powerno data0.7501 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data16

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 dataIGP
Lengthno data87 mm
Widthno dataIGP

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 dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus widthno dataSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
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 dataPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.0
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-6.2

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 5 nm 16 nm

Apple M1 8-Core GPU has a 220% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Jetson TX2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook card while Jetson TX2 GPU is a desktop one.


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