Apple M1 GPU vs Radeon R5 A240

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking981not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)no data
GPU code nameOlandno data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2014 (10 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 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 cores3208
Core clock speed1030 MHzno data
Boost clock speed780 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate15.60no data
ROPs8no data
TMUs20no 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8no data
Length168 mmno 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 typeDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1800 MBpsno data
Memory bandwidth28.8 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 DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x VGAno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)no data
Shader Model6.5 (5.1)no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1 (1.2)no data
Vulkan1.2.170-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 GPU has a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 A240 and Apple M1 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R5 A240 is a desktop card while Apple M1 GPU is a notebook one.


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