Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 3070

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3070 with Apple M1 8-Core GPU, including specs and performance data.

RTX 3070
2020
8 GB GDDR6, 220 Watt
57.96
+299%

RTX 3070 outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 299% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking39353
Place by popularity38not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation59.35no data
Power efficiency18.24no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA104no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 September 2020 (4 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores58888
Core clock speed1500 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed1725 MHzno data
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)220 Wattno data
Texture fill rate317.4no data
Floating-point processing power20.31 TFLOPSno data
ROPs96no data
TMUs184no data
Tensor Cores184no data
Ray Tracing Cores46no 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 4.0 x16no data
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-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 amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2-
CUDA8.5-

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 3070 57.96
+299%
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 3070 502470
+79.3%
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 HD148
+429%
28
−429%
1440p101
+321%
24−27
−321%
4K64
+300%
16−18
−300%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.37no data
1440p4.94no data
4K7.80no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 147
+568%
21−24
−568%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 125
+291%
30−35
−291%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 100
+335%
21−24
−335%
Battlefield 5 180−190
+300%
45−50
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+289%
27−30
−289%
Cyberpunk 2077 139
+532%
21−24
−532%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+233%
30−35
−233%
Far Cry New Dawn 140−150
+259%
35−40
−259%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+143%
90−95
−143%
Hitman 3 109
+304%
27−30
−304%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+206%
70−75
−206%
Metro Exodus 144
+206%
45−50
−206%
Red Dead Redemption 2 118
+203%
35−40
−203%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 230−240
+407%
45−50
−407%
Watch Dogs: Legion 174
+129%
75−80
−129%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 120−130
+275%
30−35
−275%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 87
+278%
21−24
−278%
Battlefield 5 180−190
+300%
45−50
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+289%
27−30
−289%
Cyberpunk 2077 126
+473%
21−24
−473%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+233%
30−35
−233%
Far Cry New Dawn 140−150
+259%
35−40
−259%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+143%
90−95
−143%
Hitman 3 116
+330%
27−30
−330%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+206%
70−75
−206%
Metro Exodus 144
+206%
45−50
−206%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+192%
35−40
−192%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 255
+454%
45−50
−454%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 120−130
+256%
30−35
−256%
Watch Dogs: Legion 178
+134%
75−80
−134%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 81
+153%
30−35
−153%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 78
+239%
21−24
−239%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+289%
27−30
−289%
Cyberpunk 2077 102
+364%
21−24
−364%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+233%
30−35
−233%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+143%
90−95
−143%
Hitman 3 111
+311%
27−30
−311%
Horizon Zero Dawn 181
+151%
70−75
−151%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 223
+385%
45−50
−385%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 121
+256%
30−35
−256%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85
+11.8%
75−80
−11.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 116
+197%
35−40
−197%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 120−130
+363%
27−30
−363%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
+309%
21−24
−309%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 68
+386%
14−16
−386%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65
+491%
10−12
−491%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+360%
14−16
−360%
Cyberpunk 2077 62
+786%
7−8
−786%
Far Cry 5 65−70
+325%
16−18
−325%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+276%
70−75
−276%
Hitman 3 96
+465%
16−18
−465%
Horizon Zero Dawn 146
+403%
27−30
−403%
Metro Exodus 101
+321%
24−27
−321%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 166
+592%
24−27
−592%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95−100
+553%
14−16
−553%
Watch Dogs: Legion 175
+101%
85−90
−101%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 114
+396%
21−24
−396%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
+364%
14−16
−364%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+450%
10−11
−450%
Hitman 3 52
+420%
10−11
−420%
Horizon Zero Dawn 210−220
+216%
65−70
−216%
Metro Exodus 107
+723%
12−14
−723%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90
+592%
12−14
−592%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 48
+500%
8−9
−500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 43
+514%
7−8
−514%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+486%
7−8
−486%
Cyberpunk 2077 30
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+375%
8−9
−375%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+368%
18−20
−368%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 97
+646%
12−14
−646%
Watch Dogs: Legion 38
+660%
5−6
−660%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 69
+431%
12−14
−431%

This is how RTX 3070 and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 is 429% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 is 321% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3070 is 300% 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 3070 is 1400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3070 surpassed Apple M1 8-Core GPU in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 57.96 14.54
Recency 1 September 2020 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm

RTX 3070 has a 298.6% higher aggregate performance score.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3070 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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