Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 3080

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3080 with Apple M1 8-Core GPU, including specs and performance data.

RTX 3080
2020
10 GB GDDR6X, 320 Watt
65.42
+351%

RTX 3080 outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 351% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking26360
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation46.30no data
Power efficiency14.02no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA102no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 September 2020 (4 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 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 cores87048
Core clock speed1440 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed1710 MHzno data
Number of transistors28,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)320 Wattno data
Texture fill rate465.1no data
Floating-point processing power29.77 TFLOPSno data
ROPs96no data
TMUs272no data
Tensor Cores272no 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 4.0 x16no data
Length285 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 typeGDDR6Xno data
Maximum RAM amount10 GBno data
Memory bus width320 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1188 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth760.3 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 3080 65.42
+351%
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.

RTX 3080 529548
+89%
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 HD167
+476%
29
−476%
1440p127
+370%
27−30
−370%
4K85
+372%
18−20
−372%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.19no data
1440p5.50no data
4K8.22no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+473%
21−24
−473%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 130−140
+322%
30−35
−322%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 111
+383%
21−24
−383%
Battlefield 5 200−210
+354%
45−50
−354%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+314%
27−30
−314%
Cyberpunk 2077 138
+527%
21−24
−527%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+248%
30−35
−248%
Far Cry New Dawn 150−160
+308%
35−40
−308%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+153%
90−95
−153%
Hitman 3 116
+330%
27−30
−330%
Horizon Zero Dawn 240−250
+236%
70−75
−236%
Metro Exodus 144
+206%
45−50
−206%
Red Dead Redemption 2 131
+236%
35−40
−236%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 270−280
+489%
45−50
−489%
Watch Dogs: Legion 248
+226%
75−80
−226%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 130−140
+322%
30−35
−322%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 96
+317%
21−24
−317%
Battlefield 5 200−210
+354%
45−50
−354%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+314%
27−30
−314%
Cyberpunk 2077 134
+509%
21−24
−509%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+248%
30−35
−248%
Far Cry New Dawn 150−160
+308%
35−40
−308%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+153%
90−95
−153%
Hitman 3 118
+337%
27−30
−337%
Horizon Zero Dawn 240−250
+236%
70−75
−236%
Metro Exodus 144
+206%
45−50
−206%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+208%
35−40
−208%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 326
+609%
45−50
−609%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 130−140
+309%
30−35
−309%
Watch Dogs: Legion 238
+213%
75−80
−213%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 130−140
+322%
30−35
−322%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 88
+283%
21−24
−283%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+314%
27−30
−314%
Cyberpunk 2077 131
+495%
21−24
−495%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+248%
30−35
−248%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+153%
90−95
−153%
Hitman 3 110
+307%
27−30
−307%
Horizon Zero Dawn 182
+153%
70−75
−153%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 287
+524%
45−50
−524%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 149
+338%
30−35
−338%
Watch Dogs: Legion 101
+32.9%
75−80
−32.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 131
+236%
35−40
−236%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 150−160
+459%
27−30
−459%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+368%
21−24
−368%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
+443%
14−16
−443%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 76
+591%
10−12
−591%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+413%
14−16
−413%
Cyberpunk 2077 86
+1129%
7−8
−1129%
Far Cry 5 75−80
+381%
16−18
−381%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+276%
70−75
−276%
Hitman 3 112
+559%
16−18
−559%
Horizon Zero Dawn 151
+421%
27−30
−421%
Metro Exodus 107
+346%
24−27
−346%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 219
+813%
24−27
−813%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
+673%
14−16
−673%
Watch Dogs: Legion 247
+184%
85−90
−184%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 130
+465%
21−24
−465%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
+464%
14−16
−464%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+550%
10−11
−550%
Hitman 3 57
+470%
10−11
−470%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+225%
65−70
−225%
Metro Exodus 142
+992%
12−14
−992%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 115
+785%
12−14
−785%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+563%
8−9
−563%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 52
+643%
7−8
−643%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+586%
7−8
−586%
Cyberpunk 2077 43
+2050%
2−3
−2050%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+475%
8−9
−475%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+468%
18−20
−468%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 135
+938%
12−14
−938%
Watch Dogs: Legion 54
+980%
5−6
−980%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95
+631%
12−14
−631%

This is how RTX 3080 and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3080 is 476% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3080 is 370% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3080 is 372% 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 3080 is 2050% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3080 surpassed Apple M1 8-Core GPU in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 65.42 14.49
Recency 1 September 2020 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm

RTX 3080 has a 351.5% 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 3080 is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 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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