Apple M4 16-core GPU vs GeForce GT 1030

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking576not rated
Place by popularity36not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.31no data
Power efficiency14.54no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)no data
GPU code nameGP108no data
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 May 2017 (7 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores38416
Core clock speed1228 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1468 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)30 Wattno data
Texture fill rate35.23no data
Floating-point processing power1.127 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs24no 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 3.0 x4no data
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5x-8533
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1502 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMIno data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 1030 and Apple M4 16-core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
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