Apple M1 GPU vs GeForce 6800 GT DDL

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	no data
GPU code name	NV40	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	14 April 2004 (20 years old)	10 November 2020 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	no data

Technical specs

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 cores	no data	8
Core clock speed	350 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	222 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	5.600	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce 6800 GT DDL and Apple M1 GPU 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.

Interface	AGP Pro 8x	no data
Length	305 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

Memory

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	GDDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors

2x DVI

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API support

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	no data
Shader Model	3.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	no data
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	14 April 2004	10 November 2020
Chip lithography	130 nm	5 nm

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