Apple M1 GPU vs HD Graphics 4000
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 1026 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 37 | not in top-100 |
| Value for money | 0.13 | no data |
| Architecture | Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge (2011−2012) | no data |
| GPU code name | Ivy Bridge | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 23 March 2011 (13 years old) | 10 November 2020 (3 years old) |
| Current price | $91 | no data |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 16 | 8 |
| Core clock speed | 350 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1350 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,200 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 22 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | unknown | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 20.80 | no data |
| Floating-point performance | 33.6 gflops | no data |
Size and compatibility
Information on HD Graphics 4000 and Apple M1 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 1.0 x16 | 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 | System Shared | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | no data |
| Memory bus width | 64/128 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | no data |
| Shared memory | + | + |
Video outputs and ports
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 | No outputs | no data |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Quick Sync | + | no data |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (11_0) | no data |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.1.80 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
GeekBench 5 Metal
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Metal API by Apple.
Benchmark coverage: 0%
Apple M1 GPU outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by 8986% in GeekBench 5 Metal.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Recency | 23 March 2011 | 10 November 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 5 nm |
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4000 and Apple M1 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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