Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile and M1 8-Core GPU, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1080 Mobile
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
35.54
+145%

GTX 1080 Mobile outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 145% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking140360
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation42.16no data
Power efficiency16.24no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)no data
GPU code nameGP104no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores25608
Core clock speed1607 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed1771 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate283.4no data
Floating-point processing power9.068 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs160no 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed10 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth320 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA+-

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.

GTX 1080 Mobile 35.54
+145%
Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.49

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.

GTX 1080 Mobile 409018
+46%
Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

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 HD115
+297%
29
−297%
1440p71
+163%
27−30
−163%
4K53
+152%
21−24
−152%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.35no data
1440p7.04no data
4K9.43no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+177%
21−24
−177%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 59
+84.4%
30−35
−84.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 78
+239%
21−24
−239%
Battlefield 5 115
+150%
45−50
−150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 93
+232%
27−30
−232%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+177%
21−24
−177%
Far Cry 5 97
+194%
30−35
−194%
Far Cry New Dawn 129
+231%
35−40
−231%
Forza Horizon 4 214
+133%
90−95
−133%
Hitman 3 91
+237%
27−30
−237%
Horizon Zero Dawn 188
+161%
70−75
−161%
Metro Exodus 140
+198%
45−50
−198%
Red Dead Redemption 2 92
+136%
35−40
−136%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 129
+180%
45−50
−180%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150
+97.4%
75−80
−97.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 106
+231%
30−35
−231%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 68
+196%
21−24
−196%
Battlefield 5 107
+133%
45−50
−133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 86
+207%
27−30
−207%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+177%
21−24
−177%
Far Cry 5 102
+209%
30−35
−209%
Far Cry New Dawn 100
+156%
35−40
−156%
Forza Horizon 4 195
+112%
90−95
−112%
Hitman 3 87
+222%
27−30
−222%
Horizon Zero Dawn 186
+158%
70−75
−158%
Metro Exodus 126
+168%
45−50
−168%
Red Dead Redemption 2 82
+110%
35−40
−110%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
+178%
45−50
−178%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 145
+326%
30−35
−326%
Watch Dogs: Legion 149
+96.1%
75−80
−96.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 53
+65.6%
30−35
−65.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 59
+157%
21−24
−157%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 66
+136%
27−30
−136%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+177%
21−24
−177%
Far Cry 5 77
+133%
30−35
−133%
Forza Horizon 4 102
+10.9%
90−95
−10.9%
Hitman 3 76
+181%
27−30
−181%
Horizon Zero Dawn 123
+70.8%
70−75
−70.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
+178%
45−50
−178%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+118%
30−35
−118%
Watch Dogs: Legion 51
−49%
75−80
+49%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 83
+113%
35−40
−113%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 80
+196%
27−30
−196%
Far Cry New Dawn 69
+214%
21−24
−214%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 42
+200%
14−16
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 46
+318%
10−12
−318%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 49
+227%
14−16
−227%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+286%
7−8
−286%
Far Cry 5 47
+194%
16−18
−194%
Forza Horizon 4 193
+168%
70−75
−168%
Hitman 3 54
+218%
16−18
−218%
Horizon Zero Dawn 89
+207%
27−30
−207%
Metro Exodus 74
+208%
24−27
−208%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
+254%
24−27
−254%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+233%
14−16
−233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 144
+65.5%
85−90
−65.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 72
+213%
21−24
−213%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40
+186%
14−16
−186%
Far Cry New Dawn 39
+290%
10−11
−290%
Hitman 3 34
+240%
10−11
−240%
Horizon Zero Dawn 89
+29%
65−70
−29%
Metro Exodus 45
+246%
12−14
−246%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 51
+292%
12−14
−292%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 31
+288%
8−9
−288%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27
+286%
7−8
−286%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27
+286%
7−8
−286%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Far Cry 5 26
+225%
8−9
−225%
Forza Horizon 4 61
+221%
18−20
−221%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+269%
12−14
−269%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21
+320%
5−6
−320%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 39
+200%
12−14
−200%

This is how GTX 1080 Mobile and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1080 Mobile is 297% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1080 Mobile is 163% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1080 Mobile is 152% faster in 4K

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1080 Mobile is 450% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 49% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1080 Mobile is ahead in 71 test (99%)
  • Apple M1 8-Core GPU is ahead in 1 test (1%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.54 14.49
Recency 15 August 2016 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm

GTX 1080 Mobile has a 145.3% higher aggregate performance score.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.


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