GeForce2 MX 400 vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking356not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataCelsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameno dataNV11 B2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)3 March 2001 (23 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 cores8no data
Core clock speed1278 MHz200 MHz
Number of transistorsno data20 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm180 nm
Texture fill rateno data0.8
ROPsno data2
TMUsno data4

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 dataAGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 dataSDR
Maximum RAM amountno data32 MB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data166 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data2.656 GB/s
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 data1x DVI, 1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data7.0
OpenGLno data1.2
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2020 3 March 2001
Chip lithography 5 nm 180 nm

Apple M1 8-Core GPU has an age advantage of 19 years, and a 3500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Apple M1 8-Core GPU and GeForce2 MX 400. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook card while GeForce2 MX 400 is a desktop one.


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