Tesla V100 SMX2 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 dataVolta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameno dataGV100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)21 June 2017 (7 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 cores85120
Core clock speed1278 MHz1370 MHz
Number of transistorsno data21,100 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data250 Watt
Texture fill rateno data438.4
ROPsno data128
TMUsno data320

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 3.0 x16
Widthno data2-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 dataHBM2
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data4096 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1758 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data900.1 GB/s
Shared memory+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12.0
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
CUDA-7.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2020 21 June 2017
Chip lithography 5 nm 12 nm

Apple M1 8-Core GPU has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Tesla V100 SMX2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook card while Tesla V100 SMX2 is a workstation one.


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