Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs Tonga

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	340	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)	no data
GPU code name	Tonga	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	no data	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$23	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 cores	2048	7
Core clock speed	no data	1278 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm

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.

Shared memory

no data

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	no data
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.1	no data
Vulkan	1.2.170	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

28 nm

5 nm

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