Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs GeForce 7600 GT Mac Edition

Primary details

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	G73B	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	2 September 2006 (17 years ago)	10 November 2020 (3 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 cores	no data	7
Core clock speed	560 MHz	1278 MHz
Number of transistors	177 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	6.720	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 7600 GT Mac Edition and Apple M1 7-Core 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	PCIe 1.0 x16	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1400 MBps	no data
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors

2x DVI

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API compatibility

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

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 September 2006	10 November 2020
Chip lithography	80 nm	5 nm

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