Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU vs M12

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	R300	no data
GPU code name	M12	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	no data	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$19.29	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	no data	14
Core clock speed	no data	1296 MHz
Number of transistors	76 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	15 Watt

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	no data	LPDDR5-6400
Shared memory	no data	-

API support

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

DirectX	9.0	no data
OpenGL	2.0	no data
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Chip lithography

130 nm

5 nm

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