RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Apple M1 8-Core GPU with RTX 4000 Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU
2020
14.54

RTX 4000 Ada Generation outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 346% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking35329
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data35.98
Architectureno dataAda Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameno dataAD104
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date10 November 2020 (3 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year 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 cores86144
Core clock speed1278 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2175 MHz
Number of transistorsno data35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data130 Watt
Texture fill rateno data417.6
Floating-point processing powerno data26.73 TFLOPS
ROPsno data80
TMUsno data192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data245 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data20 GB
Memory bus widthno data160 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data360.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

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 HD28
−329%
120−130
+329%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−332%
95−100
+332%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−338%
140−150
+338%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−335%
100−105
+335%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−335%
200−210
+335%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−329%
120−130
+329%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−332%
95−100
+332%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−324%
140−150
+324%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−336%
170−180
+336%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−335%
400−450
+335%
Hitman 3 27−30
−344%
120−130
+344%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−317%
300−310
+317%
Metro Exodus 45−50
−326%
200−210
+326%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−336%
170−180
+336%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−335%
200−210
+335%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−295%
300−310
+295%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−338%
140−150
+338%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−335%
100−105
+335%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−335%
200−210
+335%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−329%
120−130
+329%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−332%
95−100
+332%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−324%
140−150
+324%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−336%
170−180
+336%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−335%
400−450
+335%
Hitman 3 27−30
−344%
120−130
+344%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−317%
300−310
+317%
Metro Exodus 45−50
−326%
200−210
+326%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−336%
170−180
+336%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−335%
200−210
+335%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−341%
150−160
+341%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−295%
300−310
+295%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−338%
140−150
+338%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−335%
100−105
+335%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−329%
120−130
+329%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−332%
95−100
+332%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−324%
140−150
+324%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−335%
400−450
+335%
Hitman 3 27−30
−344%
120−130
+344%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−317%
300−310
+317%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−335%
200−210
+335%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−341%
150−160
+341%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−295%
300−310
+295%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−336%
170−180
+336%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−344%
120−130
+344%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−332%
95−100
+332%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−329%
60−65
+329%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
−309%
45−50
+309%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−333%
65−70
+333%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−329%
30−33
+329%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−338%
70−75
+338%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−317%
300−310
+317%
Hitman 3 16−18
−341%
75−80
+341%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−314%
120−130
+314%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−317%
100−105
+317%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−317%
100−105
+317%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−333%
65−70
+333%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
−302%
350−400
+302%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−335%
100−105
+335%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
−329%
60−65
+329%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−300%
40−45
+300%
Hitman 3 10−11
−300%
40−45
+300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
−335%
300−310
+335%
Metro Exodus 12−14
−323%
55−60
+323%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−323%
55−60
+323%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−338%
35−40
+338%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−329%
30−33
+329%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−329%
30−33
+329%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−338%
35−40
+338%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−321%
80−85
+321%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−323%
55−60
+323%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−323%
55−60
+323%

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and RTX 4000 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4000 Ada Generation is 329% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.54 64.82
Recency 10 November 2020 9 August 2023

RTX 4000 Ada Generation has a 345.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 years.

The RTX 4000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook card while RTX 4000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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