Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2080 Ti with Apple M1 8-Core GPU, including specs and performance data.

RTX 2080 Ti
2018
11 GB GDDR6, 250 Watt
56.35
+288%

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 288% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking44356
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.35no data
Power efficiency15.67no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)no data
GPU code nameTU102no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 September 2018 (6 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 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 cores43528
Core clock speed1350 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHzno data
Number of transistors18,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattno data
Texture fill rate420.2no data
Floating-point processing power13.45 TFLOPSno data
ROPs88no data
TMUs272no data
Tensor Cores544no data
Ray Tracing Cores68no 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount11 GBno data
Memory bus width352 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth616.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-Cno data
HDMI+-
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.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-

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 2080 Ti 56.35
+288%
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 2080 Ti 521458
+86.1%
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 HD165
+489%
28
−489%
1440p119
+297%
30−35
−297%
4K89
+324%
21−24
−324%

Cost per frame, $

1080p6.05no data
1440p8.39no data
4K11.22no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+382%
21−24
−382%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 125
+291%
30−35
−291%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 107
+365%
21−24
−365%
Battlefield 5 244
+430%
45−50
−430%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+282%
27−30
−282%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+382%
21−24
−382%
Far Cry 5 163
+394%
30−35
−394%
Far Cry New Dawn 197
+405%
35−40
−405%
Forza Horizon 4 346
+276%
90−95
−276%
Hitman 3 161
+496%
27−30
−496%
Horizon Zero Dawn 285
+296%
70−75
−296%
Metro Exodus 144
+206%
45−50
−206%
Red Dead Redemption 2 106
+172%
35−40
−172%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 216
+370%
45−50
−370%
Watch Dogs: Legion 266
+250%
75−80
−250%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 181
+466%
30−35
−466%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 91
+296%
21−24
−296%
Battlefield 5 224
+387%
45−50
−387%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+282%
27−30
−282%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+382%
21−24
−382%
Far Cry 5 132
+300%
30−35
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 152
+290%
35−40
−290%
Forza Horizon 4 321
+249%
90−95
−249%
Hitman 3 156
+478%
27−30
−478%
Horizon Zero Dawn 267
+271%
70−75
−271%
Metro Exodus 144
+206%
45−50
−206%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+190%
35−40
−190%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 220−230
+389%
45−50
−389%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
+244%
30−35
−244%
Watch Dogs: Legion 255
+236%
75−80
−236%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 82
+156%
30−35
−156%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80
+248%
21−24
−248%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 103
+268%
27−30
−268%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+382%
21−24
−382%
Far Cry 5 91
+176%
30−35
−176%
Forza Horizon 4 168
+82.6%
90−95
−82.6%
Hitman 3 139
+415%
27−30
−415%
Horizon Zero Dawn 202
+181%
70−75
−181%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 220−230
+389%
45−50
−389%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 135
+297%
30−35
−297%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90
+18.4%
75−80
−18.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 104
+167%
35−40
−167%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 166
+515%
27−30
−515%
Far Cry New Dawn 112
+409%
21−24
−409%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 72
+414%
14−16
−414%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 67
+509%
10−12
−509%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 82
+447%
14−16
−447%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+671%
7−8
−671%
Far Cry 5 84
+425%
16−18
−425%
Forza Horizon 4 313
+335%
70−75
−335%
Hitman 3 100
+488%
16−18
−488%
Horizon Zero Dawn 162
+459%
27−30
−459%
Metro Exodus 98
+308%
24−27
−308%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
+521%
24−27
−521%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90−95
+527%
14−16
−527%
Watch Dogs: Legion 251
+189%
85−90
−189%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 105
+357%
21−24
−357%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 87
+521%
14−16
−521%
Far Cry New Dawn 66
+560%
10−11
−560%
Hitman 3 59
+490%
10−11
−490%
Horizon Zero Dawn 130
+88.4%
65−70
−88.4%
Metro Exodus 111
+754%
12−14
−754%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 98
+654%
12−14
−654%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50
+525%
8−9
−525%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 46
+557%
7−8
−557%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 52
+643%
7−8
−643%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+1150%
2−3
−1150%
Far Cry 5 50
+525%
8−9
−525%
Forza Horizon 4 107
+463%
18−20
−463%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+546%
12−14
−546%
Watch Dogs: Legion 44
+780%
5−6
−780%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 73
+462%
12−14
−462%

This is how RTX 2080 Ti and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 Ti is 489% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 Ti is 297% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 Ti is 324% 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 2080 Ti is 1150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 2080 Ti surpassed Apple M1 8-Core GPU in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 56.35 14.54
Recency 20 September 2018 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm

RTX 2080 Ti has a 287.6% higher aggregate performance score.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is a desktop card while Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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