Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU vs CMP 170HX

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA100no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date1 September 2021 (3 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,299 no data

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 cores448014
Core clock speed1140 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1410 MHzno data
Number of transistors54,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate394.8no data
Floating-point processing power12.63 TFLOPSno data
ROPs128no data
TMUs280no data
Tensor Cores280no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4no data
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno 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 typeHBM2eLPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width4096 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1458 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth1,493 GB/sno data
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 outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/Ano data
Shader ModelN/Ano data
OpenGLN/Ano data
OpenCL3.0no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA8.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2021 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 15 Watt

CMP 170HX has an age advantage of 9 months.

Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU, on the other hand, has a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 1566.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between CMP 170HX and Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that CMP 170HX is a workstation card while Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA CMP 170HX
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