Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	50	not rated
Place by popularity	82	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	58.12	no data
Power efficiency	15.57	no data
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)	no data
GPU code name	Navi 22	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	3 March 2021 (3 years ago)	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$479	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2560	7
Core clock speed	2321 MHz	1278 MHz
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	17,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	230 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	413.0	no data
Floating-point processing power	13.21 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	no data
TMUs	160	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	40	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	no data
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR6	no data
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	no data
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.1	no data
Vulkan	1.2	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 March 2021	10 November 2020
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm

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