Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB

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	Pascal (2016−2021)	no data
GPU code name	GP106	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	27 June 2017 (6 years ago)	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$979	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	1280	7
Core clock speed	1265 MHz	1278 MHz
Boost clock speed	1480 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,400 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	118.4	no data
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB and Apple M1 7-Core GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 3.0 x16	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	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

API support

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

DirectX	12.0	no data
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
CUDA	6.1	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	27 June 2017	10 November 2020
Chip lithography	16 nm	5 nm

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