Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Blackcomb

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	no data
GPU code name	Blackcomb	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	no data	10 November 2020 (3 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 cores	1120	16
Core clock speed	no data	1296 MHz
Number of transistors	1,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	10 Watt
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	56	no data

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 type	no data	LPDDR5-6400
Shared memory	no data	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	no data
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

40 nm

5 nm

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