Apple M1 GPU vs GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition

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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
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)no data
GPU code nameGT200Bno data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date16 February 2010 (14 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 cores2408
Core clock speed633 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)219 Wattno data
Texture fill rate50.64no data
Floating-point processing power0.6221 TFLOPSno data
ROPs28no data
TMUs80no 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount896 MBno data
Memory bus width448 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1134 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth127.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 Connectors2x DVIno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)no data
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 February 2010 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 GPU has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition and Apple M1 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition is a desktop card while Apple M1 GPU is a notebook one.


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