Apple M1 GPU vs Matrox Millennium G450 x2 MMS

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
ArchitectureG400 (1999−2002)no data
GPU code nameCondorno data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date19 June 2002 (22 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 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
Core clock speed125 MHzno data
Number of transistors10 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology180 nm5 nm
Texture fill rate0.25no data
ROPs2no data
TMUs2no 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).

InterfacePCIno data
Length165 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 amount32 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed166 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth2.656 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x LFH60no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX6.0no data
OpenGLNoneno data
OpenCLNoneno data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 June 2002 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 180 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 GPU has an age advantage of 18 years, and a 3500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Matrox Millennium G450 x2 MMS and Apple M1 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Matrox Millennium G450 x2 MMS is a desktop card while Apple M1 GPU is a notebook one.


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