Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q

Place in the ranking	137	356
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	31.06	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	no data
GPU code name	TU104	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	2 April 2020 (4 years ago)	10 November 2020 (4 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	2560	8
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1278 MHz
Boost clock speed	1155 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	13,600 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	184.8	no data
Floating-point processing power	5.914 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	no data
TMUs	160	no data
Tensor Cores	320	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	40	no 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 size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR6	no data
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	352.0 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	No outputs	no data
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	no data
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.140	-
CUDA	7.5	-

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.

RTX 2070 Super Max-Q 35.63
+145%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.54

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.

RTX 2070 Super Max-Q 461648
+64.8%

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 HD	105 +275%	28 −275%
1440p	69 +156%	27−30 −156%
4K	42 +163%	16−18 −163%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

60−65
+182%

21−24

−182%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	99 +209%	30−35 −209%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	81 +252%	21−24 −252%
Battlefield 5	110−120 +150%	45−50 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	101 +261%	27−30 −261%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +182%	21−24 −182%
Far Cry 5	127 +285%	30−35 −285%
Far Cry New Dawn	137 +251%	35−40 −251%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +97.8%	90−95 −97.8%
Hitman 3	103 +281%	27−30 −281%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150−160 +111%	70−75 −111%
Metro Exodus	144 +206%	45−50 −206%
Red Dead Redemption 2	109 +179%	35−40 −179%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 +178%	45−50 −178%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +61.8%	75−80 −61.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 +138%	30−35 −138%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70 +204%	21−24 −204%
Battlefield 5	110−120 +150%	45−50 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	91 +225%	27−30 −225%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +182%	21−24 −182%
Far Cry 5	108 +227%	30−35 −227%
Far Cry New Dawn	97 +149%	35−40 −149%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +97.8%	90−95 −97.8%
Hitman 3	102 +278%	27−30 −278%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150−160 +111%	70−75 −111%
Metro Exodus	142 +202%	45−50 −202%
Red Dead Redemption 2	91 +133%	35−40 −133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 +178%	45−50 −178%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	70−75 +118%	30−35 −118%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +61.8%	75−80 −61.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	62 +93.8%	30−35 −93.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60 +161%	21−24 −161%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	68 +143%	27−30 −143%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +182%	21−24 −182%
Far Cry 5	76 +130%	30−35 −130%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +97.8%	90−95 −97.8%
Hitman 3	86 +219%	27−30 −219%
Horizon Zero Dawn	104 +44.4%	70−75 −44.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 +178%	45−50 −178%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	75 +121%	30−35 −121%
Watch Dogs: Legion	59 −28.8%	75−80 +28.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

92
+136%

35−40

−136%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 +152%	27−30 −152%
Far Cry New Dawn	64 +191%	21−24 −191%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	47 +236%	14−16 −236%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +245%	10−12 −245%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50 +233%	14−16 −233%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +286%	7−8 −286%
Far Cry 5	54 +238%	16−18 −238%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +182%	70−75 −182%
Hitman 3	45−50 +165%	16−18 −165%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +166%	27−30 −166%
Metro Exodus	75 +213%	24−27 −213%
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	180−190 +108%	85−90 −108%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

71
+209%

21−24

−209%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +150%	14−16 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	35 +250%	10−11 −250%
Hitman 3	27−30 +190%	10−11 −190%
Horizon Zero Dawn	170−180 +148%	65−70 −148%
Metro Exodus	61 +369%	12−14 −369%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	51 +292%	12−14 −292%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	32 +300%	8−9 −300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +214%	7−8 −214%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	29 +314%	7−8 −314%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Far Cry 5	28 +250%	8−9 −250%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +158%	18−20 −158%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +269%	12−14 −269%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

36
+177%

12−14

−177%

This is how RTX 2070 Super Max-Q and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

RTX 2070 Super Max-Q is 275% faster in 1080p
RTX 2070 Super Max-Q is 156% faster in 1440p
RTX 2070 Super Max-Q is 163% 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 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q is 450% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 29% faster.

All in all, in popular games: