Apple M1 GPU vs GeForce 9400M GeForceBoost
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 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 June 2008 (15 years old) | 10 November 2020 (3 years old) |
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 | 24 | 8 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 5 nm |
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 bus width | 64 Bit | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10 | no data |
Advantages and disadvantages
| Recency | 3 June 2008 | 10 November 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 5 nm |
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