Radeon RX 490M vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	353	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	no data	Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name	no data	Polaris
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)	1 August 2016 (8 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 cores	8	no data
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	14 nm

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).

Laptop size

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large

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 type	no data	GDDR5
Shared memory	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX

no data

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 November 2020	1 August 2016
Chip lithography	5 nm	14 nm

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