Apple M1 GPU vs ATI Radeon X1300 PCI

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)no data
GPU code nameRV516no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date5 October 2005 (18 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 coresno data8
Core clock speed450 MHzno data
Number of transistors107 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology80 nm5 nm
Texture fill rate1.800no 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).

InterfacePCIno data
Width1-slotno 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 typeDDR2no data
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth4 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 VGA, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)no data
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 October 2005 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 80 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 GPU has an age advantage of 15 years, and a 1500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1300 PCI and Apple M1 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X1300 PCI is a desktop card while Apple M1 GPU is a notebook one.


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