Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

Place in performance ranking	104	347
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.94	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	no data
GPU code name	N18E-G3 TU104	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$2003	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2944	8
Core clock speed	1380 MHz	1278 MHz
Boost clock speed	1590 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	13,600 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	292.6	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	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	14000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	384.0 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	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	no data
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data
CUDA	7.5	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 Mobile 39.12
+178%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.08

GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 178% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RTX 2080 Mobile 458810
+63.7%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 64% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

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	144 +454%	26 −454%
1440p	91 +203%	30−35 −203%
4K	65 +210%	21−24 −210%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

65−70

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Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	90	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	87	no data
Battlefield 5	155	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	118	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70	no data
Far Cry 5	144	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	159	no data
Forza Horizon 4	147	no data
Hitman 3	126	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	205	no data
Metro Exodus	144	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	122	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150−160	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	114	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	83	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	74	no data
Battlefield 5	146	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70	no data
Far Cry 5	116	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	116	no data
Forza Horizon 4	298	no data
Hitman 3	102	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	266	no data
Metro Exodus	125	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	114	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150−160	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	174	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	274	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	67	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	66	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	82	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70	no data
Far Cry 5	84	no data
Forza Horizon 4	139	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	139	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150−160	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	95	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	71	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

112

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1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	108	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	127	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	52	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	83	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35	no data
Far Cry 5	82	no data
Forza Horizon 4	122	no data
Hitman 3	72	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	117	no data
Metro Exodus	89	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	95−100	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	53	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

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4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	48	no data
Hitman 3	42	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	42	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	38	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	34	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	36	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14	no data
Far Cry 5	35	no data
Forza Horizon 4	82	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	67	no data
Metro Exodus	56	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	31	no data