Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs GeForce GTX 780 6 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)no data
GPU code nameGK110Bno data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date10 September 2013 (11 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)

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 cores23047
Core clock speed863 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed902 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,080 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattno data
Texture fill rate173.2no data
Floating-point processing power4.156 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs192no 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 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount6 GBno data
Memory bus width384 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1502 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2013 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 7-Core GPU has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780 6 GB and Apple M1 7-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780 6 GB is a desktop card while Apple M1 7-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
Apple M1 7-Core GPU
M1 7-Core GPU

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