Apple M1 7-core vs ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 7-core and ATI Radeon X1900 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

Apple M1 7-core

ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 7-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1278 MHz vs 575 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 90 nm
5.4x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 75 Watt
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB

Launch date	10 Nov 2020 vs 1 May 2006
Core clock speed	1278 MHz vs 575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 256 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 7-core
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Name	Apple M1 7-core	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
Geekbench - OpenCL	18993
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10433
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10433
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3723
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3364
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3364
PassMark - G3D Mark		146
PassMark - G2D Mark		409

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 7-core	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
Essentials
Launch date	10 Nov 2020	1 May 2006
Place in performance rating	419	416
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Architecture		R500
Code name		R580
Technical info
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	90 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	590 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	4750 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.290 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7
Render output units	28
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate		6.9 GTexel / s
Transistor count		384 million
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	66.67 GB/s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR4X-4266	GDDR3
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX		9.0c
OpenGL		2.0