8-Core M1 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

8-Core M1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 $299
1024 Shaders
Shared Memory
1278MHz
1280 Shaders
6GB GDDR5
1708MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.62 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
17.49 TOPS
INT8
FP32
2.62 TFLOPS
FP32
4.37 TFLOPS
FP16
2.62 TFLOPS
FP16
70 GFLOPS
Form Factor
iGPU
-
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
Shared
TDP
120W
-
-
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin

Peak AI Performance

  • 85% slower vs GeForce GTX 1060
  • 6.68x faster vs 8-Core M1
8-Core M1 - 2.62 TFLOPS FP16
x1
GeForce GTX 1060 - 17.49 TOPS INT8
x6.68

FP32

  • 40% slower vs GeForce GTX 1060
  • 67% faster vs 8-Core M1
8-Core M1 - 2.62 TFLOPS FP32
x1
GeForce GTX 1060 - 4.37 TFLOPS FP32
x1.67

FP16

  • 37.43x faster vs GeForce GTX 1060
  • 97% slower vs 8-Core M1
8-Core M1 - 2.62 TFLOPS FP16
x37.43
GeForce GTX 1060 - 70 GFLOPS FP16
x1
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 18,260
6%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 21,170
12%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal 50
9%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
Apple
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Apple Gen 4
Architecture
Pascal
Family
M Series
Family
GeForce 10
Codename
G13G
M1
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-
Codename
NV136
GP106
Variant
GP106-400-A1
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
11/10/2020
Release Date
7/19/2016
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-
Foundry
TSMC
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-
Fabrication Node
16FF
-
-
Die Size
200 mm²
-
Transistor Count
4.4 Billion
-
-
Transistor Density
22.00M/mm²
Form
iGPU
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1024 Shaders
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
-
-
Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
Execution Units
128 EUs
-
-
Graphics Processing Clusters
8 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
-
1278MHz
1506MHz Base
1708MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.62 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
17.49 TOPS
INT8
FP16
2.62 TFLOPS
FP16
70 GFLOPS
FP32
2.62 TFLOPS
FP32
4.37 TFLOPS
-
-
FP64
140 GFLOPS
-
-
INT8
17.49 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
40.896 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
81.984 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
81.792 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
136.64 GTexel/s
L1
-
Unknown
L1
48KB/SM
-
L2
Unknown
L2
1.5MB Shared
Shared Memory
-
6GB
GDDR5
-
Bus Width
192Bit
-
-
-
-
-
-
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Bandwidth
192GB/s
TDP
Shared
TDP
120W
-
-
-
1x DVI-D Dual-Link
3x DisplayPort 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0
Max Resolution
6016x3384
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
30Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
-
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
1
Multi Monitor Support
3
Model
Apple Media Engine 1
Model
NVENC 4
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Model
Apple Media Engine 1
Model
NVDEC 3
Codec
-
-
-
-
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
-
-
-
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
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-
-
-
-
-
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
6.1
PureVideo HD
VP8
VDPAU
Feature Set H
Not a Card
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-
1x Fan
-
-
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
-
-
-
-
-
-
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
250 mm (9.84 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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