Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs Radeon HD 8450G + HD 8570M Dual Graphics

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	946	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Terascale 3 / GCN (2012)	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 March 2012 (12 years ago)	10 November 2020 (4 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	576	7
Core clock speed	720 / 650 MHz	1278 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm

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).

Laptop size

medium sized

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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 bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	no data
Shared memory	+	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX

11

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 March 2012	10 November 2020
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm

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