Radeon 680M vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Place in the ranking	379	501
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	11.96
Architecture	no data	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	no data	Rembrandt+
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 November 2020 (4 years ago)	3 January 2023 (2 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 cores	8	768
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	2000 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2200 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	13,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	105.6
Floating-point processing power	no data	3.379 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	48
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	12

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).

Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	no data	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	no data	System Shared
Memory bus width	no data	System Shared
Memory clock speed	no data	System Shared
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 Connectors

no data

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	no data	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	-	1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. 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.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 13.70
+58%

Radeon 680M 8.67

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.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

Radeon 680M 359776
+28.4%

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 HD	27 −37%	37 +37%
1440p	30−35 +57.9%	19 −57.9%
4K	14−16 +40%	10 −40%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 −21.7%	28 +21.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −44.4%	39 +44.4%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +60.7%	27−30 −60.7%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 −13%	26 +13%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +92.9%	14 −92.9%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −1.8%	56 +1.8%
Forza Horizon 5	35−40 −5.6%	38 +5.6%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −2.6%	39 +2.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +41.7%	24−27 −41.7%
Valorant	55−60 −193%	161 +193%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +60.7%	27−30 −60.7%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +9.5%	21 −9.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +145%	11 −145%
Dota 2	50−55 +4.2%	48 −4.2%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +44.4%	36 −44.4%
Fortnite	75−80 +51%	50−55 −51%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +17%	47 −17%
Forza Horizon 5	35−40 +71.4%	21−24 −71.4%
Grand Theft Auto V	45−50 +36.1%	36 −36.1%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +40.7%	27 −40.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−105 +47.1%	65−70 −47.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +41.7%	24−27 −41.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +61.5%	24−27 −61.5%
Valorant	55−60 +83.3%	30 −83.3%
World of Tanks	180−190 +41.1%	120−130 −41.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +60.7%	27−30 −60.7%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +27.8%	18 −27.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +200%	9 −200%
Dota 2	50−55 −22%	61 +22%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +40.5%	35−40 −40.5%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +37.5%	40 −37.5%
Forza Horizon 5	35−40 +38.5%	26 −38.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−105 +47.1%	65−70 −47.1%
Valorant	55−60 −165%	146 +165%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	20−22 +17.6%	17 −17.6%
Grand Theft Auto V	20−22 +17.6%	17 −17.6%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−110 +160%	40−45 −160%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
World of Tanks	95−100 +54.8%	60−65 −54.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +68.8%	16−18 −68.8%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +210%	10 −210%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +100%	5 −100%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +77.8%	18−20 −77.8%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +22.2%	27 −22.2%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 +61.5%	12−14 −61.5%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +93.3%	14−16 −93.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +5.9%	17 −5.9%
Valorant	30−35 +54.5%	21−24 −54.5%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Dota 2	24−27 +26.3%	18−20 −26.3%
Grand Theft Auto V	24−27 +26.3%	18−20 −26.3%
Metro Exodus	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 +60%	24−27 −60%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +26.3%	18−20 −26.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +85.7%	7−8 −85.7%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2 −100%
Dota 2	24−27 +33.3%	18 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Fortnite	14−16 +66.7%	9−10 −66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +35.7%	14 −35.7%
Forza Horizon 5	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Valorant	14−16 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Radeon 680M compete in popular games:

Radeon 680M is 37% faster in 1080p
Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 58% faster in 1440p
Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 40% faster in 4K

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

in Counter-Strike 2, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 210% faster.
in Valorant, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 680M is 193% faster.

All in all, in popular games: