GMA 600 vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking361not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataPowerVR SGX535 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameno dataLincroft
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 November 2020 (3 years ago)4 May 2010 (14 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 cores832
Core clock speed1278 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistorsno data140 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm45 nm
Texture fill rateno data1.600
Floating-point processing powerno data0.0256 gflops

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus widthno dataSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
Shared memory+no 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data10.1
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno dataES 2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2020 4 May 2010
Chip lithography 5 nm 45 nm

Apple M1 8-Core GPU has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Apple M1 8-Core GPU and GMA 600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook card while GMA 600 is a desktop one.


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