Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs HD Graphics (Haswell)

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	1141	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Gen. 7.5 Haswell (2012−2013)	no data
GPU code name	Haswell GT1	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 October 2012 (11 years ago)	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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	10	16
Core clock speed	200 MHz	1296 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	10 Watt

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 type	no data	LPDDR5-6400
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	no data
Shared memory	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX

11.1

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 October 2012	10 November 2020
Chip lithography	22 nm	5 nm

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