Radeon HD 8570D vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Apple M1 8-Core GPU with Radeon HD 8570D, including specs and performance data.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU
2020
14.54
+1198%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU outperforms HD 8570D by a whopping 1198% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking3561076
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.19
Architectureno dataTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameno dataDevastator Lite
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)10 July 2013 (11 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 cores8256
Core clock speed1278 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speedno data868 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data65 Watt
Texture fill rateno data13.89
Floating-point processing powerno data0.4444 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data16

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 dataIGP
Widthno dataIGP

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 dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus widthno dataSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data11.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-N/A

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
+115%
13
−115%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+540%
5−6
−540%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+1433%
3−4
−1433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+3200%
1−2
−3200%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+1200%
3−4
−1200%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+9100%
1−2
−9100%
Hitman 3 27−30
+440%
5−6
−440%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+454%
12−14
−454%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+1467%
3−4
−1467%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+1850%
2−3
−1850%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+557%
7−8
−557%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+138%
30−35
−138%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+540%
5−6
−540%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+1433%
3−4
−1433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+3200%
1−2
−3200%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+1200%
3−4
−1200%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+9100%
1−2
−9100%
Hitman 3 27−30
+440%
5−6
−440%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+454%
12−14
−454%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+1467%
3−4
−1467%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+1850%
2−3
−1850%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+557%
7−8
−557%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+209%
10−12
−209%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+138%
30−35
−138%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+540%
5−6
−540%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+3200%
1−2
−3200%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+9100%
1−2
−9100%
Hitman 3 27−30
+440%
5−6
−440%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+454%
12−14
−454%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+557%
7−8
−557%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+209%
10−12
−209%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+138%
30−35
−138%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+1850%
2−3
−1850%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+1340%
5−6
−1340%
Hitman 3 16−18
+143%
7−8
−143%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+625%
4−5
−625%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+1640%
5−6
−1640%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+475%
4−5
−475%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11 0−1
Hitman 3 10−11 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
+1280%
5−6
−1280%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 8−9 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+550%
2−3
−550%

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and HD 8570D compete in popular games:

  • Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 115% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 9100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, Apple M1 8-Core GPU surpassed HD 8570D in all 46 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.54 1.12
Recency 10 November 2020 10 July 2013
Chip lithography 5 nm 32 nm

Apple M1 8-Core GPU has a 1198.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 540% more advanced lithography process.

The Apple M1 8-Core GPU is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8570D in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook card while Radeon HD 8570D is a desktop one.


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