Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Radeon 8050S

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 8050S and M1 8-Core GPU, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Radeon 8050S
2025
55 Watt
38.44
+203%

8050S outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 203% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking125414
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency53.27no data
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)no data
GPU code nameStrix Halono data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 January 2025 (less than a year ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)

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 cores20488
Core clock speed1295 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed2335 MHzno data
Number of transistors34,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Wattno data
Texture fill rate298.9no data
Floating-point processing power9.564 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs128no data
Ray Tracing Cores32no 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 5.0 x16no 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 typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
Shared memory++

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.8no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.3-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD95
+239%
28
−239%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+237%
27−30
−237%
God of War 90−95
+262%
24−27
−262%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+136%
55−60
−136%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+237%
27−30
−237%
Far Cry 5 100
+138%
40−45
−138%
Fortnite 160−170
+124%
75−80
−124%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+178%
50−55
−178%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+205%
40−45
−205%
God of War 90−95
+262%
24−27
−262%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+226%
45−50
−226%
Valorant 220−230
+102%
110−120
−102%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+136%
55−60
−136%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+53.6%
180−190
−53.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+237%
27−30
−237%
Far Cry 5 96
+129%
40−45
−129%
Fortnite 160−170
+124%
75−80
−124%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+178%
50−55
−178%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+205%
40−45
−205%
God of War 90−95
+262%
24−27
−262%
Grand Theft Auto V 118
+146%
45−50
−146%
Metro Exodus 90−95
+258%
24−27
−258%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+226%
45−50
−226%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 156
+359%
30−35
−359%
Valorant 220−230
+102%
110−120
−102%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+136%
55−60
−136%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+237%
27−30
−237%
Far Cry 5 85
+102%
40−45
−102%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+178%
50−55
−178%
God of War 90−95
+262%
24−27
−262%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+226%
45−50
−226%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 92
+171%
30−35
−171%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 160−170
+124%
75−80
−124%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+178%
95−100
−178%
Grand Theft Auto V 75−80
+295%
20−22
−295%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+280%
14−16
−280%
Valorant 250−260
+89.7%
130−140
−89.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 95−100
+183%
35−40
−183%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+309%
10−12
−309%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+236%
27−30
−236%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+258%
30−35
−258%
God of War 50−55
+264%
14−16
−264%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
+289%
18−20
−289%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 100−110
+268%
27−30
−268%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 80−85
+236%
24−27
−236%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+289%
9−10
−289%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+265%
16−18
−265%
Valorant 230−240
+239%
70−75
−239%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+244%
18−20
−244%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+425%
4−5
−425%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+264%
14−16
−264%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+236%
21−24
−236%
God of War 30−35
+240%
10−11
−240%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+342%
12−14
−342%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 50−55
+325%
12−14
−325%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Dota 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Dota 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Dota 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

This is how Radeon 8050S and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 8050S is 239% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 8050S is 425% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon 8050S performs better in 54 tests (83%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (17%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 38.44 12.68
Recency 6 January 2025 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 4 nm 5 nm

Radeon 8050S has a 203.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 8050S is our recommended choice as it beats the M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

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