Apple M1 GPU vs Radeon LE

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 6 (2000−2007)no data
GPU code nameRage 6no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 May 2001 (23 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price$62 no data

Detailed specifications

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 coresno data8
Core clock speed148 MHzno data
Number of transistors30 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology180 nm5 nm
Texture fill rate0.89no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon LE and Apple M1 GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfaceAGP 4xno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDRno data
Maximum RAM amount32 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed296 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth4.736 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x VGAno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX7.0no data
OpenGL1.3no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/Ano data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2001 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 180 nm 5 nm

We couldn't decide between Radeon LE and Apple M1 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon LE is a desktop card while Apple M1 GPU is a notebook one.


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