Apple M1 GPU vs HD Graphics (Skylake)

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	Gen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)	no data
GPU code name	Skylake GT1	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 September 2015 (8 years ago)	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$390	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	12	8
Core clock speed	300 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm

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	no data
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	no data
Shared memory	+	+

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_1

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	1 September 2015	10 November 2020
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm

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