Playstation 3 GPU 28nm 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 dataCurie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameno dataRSX-28nm
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 November 2020 (3 years ago)3 June 2013 (11 years ago)

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 cores8no data
Core clock speed1278 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistorsno data302 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data21 Watt
Texture fill rateno data13.20

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Playstation 3 GPU 28nm 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 dataIGP
Lengthno data290 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 dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data256 MB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1400 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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXno dataN/A
OpenGLno dataES 1.1
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkanno dataN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2020 3 June 2013
Chip lithography 5 nm 28 nm

We couldn't decide between Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Playstation 3 GPU 28nm. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook card while Playstation 3 GPU 28nm is a desktop one.


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