Apple M1 7-core vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 7-core and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Apple M1 7-core

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 7-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1278 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm
17.9x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3723 vs 3695
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3723 vs 3695
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3364 vs 3338
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3364 vs 3338

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Nov 2020 vs 2 June 2015
Core clock speed	1278 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3723 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3723 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3364 vs 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3364 vs 3338

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

402.3x more pipelines: 2816 vs 7
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 42988 vs 18993

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2816 vs 7
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	42988 vs 18993
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10471 vs 10433
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10471 vs 10433

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 7-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18993

42988

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10433

10471

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10433

10471

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3723

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3723

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3364

3338

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3364

3338

Name	Apple M1 7-core	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Geekbench - OpenCL	18993	42988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10433	10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10433	10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3723	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3723	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3364	3338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3364	3338
PassMark - G3D Mark		13758
PassMark - G2D Mark		852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		145.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1722.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		788.464
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1321

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 7-core	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Essentials
Launch date	10 Nov 2020	2 June 2015
Place in performance rating	419	310
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Architecture		Maxwell 2.0
Code name		GM200
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Price now		$679.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.43
Technical info
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	28 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	2816
Render output units	28
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	250 Watt
Boost clock speed		1075 MHz
CUDA cores		2816
Floating-point performance		6,060 gflops
Texture fill rate		176 billion / sec
Transistor count		8,000 million
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	66.67 GB/s	336.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR4X-4266	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		7.0 GB/s
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		600 Watt
SLI options		4x
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin + 8-pin
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.5