Apple M4 8-core GPU vs Radeon HD 8740 OEM

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	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	no data
GPU code name	Cape Verde	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	5 September 2013 (12 years ago)	28 October 2024 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data

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	512	8
Core clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,500 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	4 Watt
Texture fill rate	25.60	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.8192 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	32	no data
L1 Cache	128 KB	no data
L2 Cache	256 KB	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	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5	LPDDR5X-7500
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	72 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	no data
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 September 2013	28 October 2024
Chip lithography	28 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	4 Watt

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