Apple M1 8-Core GPU: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
M1 8-Core GPU provides acceptable gaming and benchmark performance at 14.49% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
Apple started M1 8-Core GPU sales 10 November 2020. This is a notebook card based on 5 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Apple M1 8-Core GPU: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in the ranking | 360 | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Market segment | Laptop | |
Release date | 10 November 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Apple M1 8-Core GPU's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Apple M1 8-Core GPU's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 8 | of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090) |
Core clock speed | 1278 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Apple M1 8-Core GPU: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Shared memory | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Apple M1 8-Core GPU. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
3DMark Ice Storm GPU
Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Apple M1 8-Core GPU is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:
Full HD | 29 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 30−35 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 21−24 | |
Battlefield 5 | 45−50 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 27−30 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24 | |
Far Cry 5 | 30−35 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 35−40 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 90−95 | |
Hitman 3 | 27−30 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 70−75 | |
Metro Exodus | 45−50 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 35−40 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 45−50 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 75−80 |
Full HD
High Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 30−35 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 21−24 | |
Battlefield 5 | 45−50 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 27−30 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24 | |
Far Cry 5 | 30−35 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 35−40 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 90−95 | |
Hitman 3 | 27−30 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 70−75 | |
Metro Exodus | 45−50 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 35−40 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 45−50 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 30−35 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 75−80 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 30−35 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 21−24 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 27−30 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24 | |
Far Cry 5 | 30−35 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 90−95 | |
Hitman 3 | 27−30 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 70−75 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 45−50 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 30−35 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 75−80 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 35−40 |
1440p
High Preset
Battlefield 5 | 27−30 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 21−24 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 14−16 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 10−12 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8 | |
Far Cry 5 | 16−18 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 70−75 | |
Hitman 3 | 16−18 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 27−30 | |
Metro Exodus | 24−27 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 24−27 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14−16 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 85−90 |
1440p
Epic Preset
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 21−24 |
4K
High Preset
Battlefield 5 | 14−16 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 10−11 | |
Hitman 3 | 10−11 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 65−70 | |
Metro Exodus | 12−14 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14 |
4K
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 8−9 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 7−8 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 7−8 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
Far Cry 5 | 8−9 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 18−20 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 12−14 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 5−6 |
4K
Epic Preset
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 12−14 |
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Apple M1 8-Core GPU according to our statistics.