Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs Radeon 540

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking712not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.10no data
Power efficiency5.17no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)no data
GPU code nameLexano data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3847
Core clock speed1183 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate28.39no data
Floating-point processing power0.9085 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs24no 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 3.0 x8no data
Length145 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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width32 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth24 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 DisplayPort 1.4ano data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)no data
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 7-Core GPU has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 540 and Apple M1 7-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 540 is a desktop card while Apple M1 7-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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