Apple M1 GPU vs GeForce 3 Go

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
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2002 (22 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 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
Boost clock speed250 MHzno data
Number of transistors27 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)2 Wattno 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno 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 typeDDRno data
Maximum RAM amount64 MBno data
Memory bus width32 / 64 / 128 Bitno data
Shared memory-+

API compatibility

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

DirectXDDRno data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2002 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 150 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 GPU has an age advantage of 18 years, and a 2900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 3 Go and Apple M1 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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