Apple M1 GPU vs P104-101
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | no data |
| GPU code name | GP104 | no data |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 5 January 2018 (7 years ago) | 10 November 2020 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2560 | 8 |
| Core clock speed | 1506 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1683 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 7,200 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 5 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 269.3 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 8.617 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 64 | no data |
| TMUs | 160 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 960 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR5X | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 1251 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 320.3 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D 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 | 1.2 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | - |
| CUDA | 6.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 January 2018 | 10 November 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 5 nm |
Apple M1 GPU has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between P104-101 and M1 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that P104-101 is a workstation graphics card while Apple M1 GPU is a notebook one.
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