Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs HD Graphics 505

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	1088	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.06	no data
Architecture	Gen. 9 Apollo Lake (2016−2017)	no data
GPU code name	Apollo Lake	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 September 2016 (7 years ago)	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$659	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	18	7
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1278 MHz
Boost clock speed	750 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	189 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	11.70	no data
Floating-point performance	230.4 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on HD Graphics 505 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 x1

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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	DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4	no data
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	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

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Technologies

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

Quick Sync

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API support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	no data
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.1	no data
Vulkan	1.1.97	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	1 September 2016	10 November 2020
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm

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