Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Quadro P3000 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P3000 Mobile with Apple M1 8-Core GPU, including specs and performance data.

P3000 Mobile
2017
6 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
16.82
+16.1%

P3000 Mobile outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking322360
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency15.37no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)no data
GPU code nameGP104no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date11 January 2017 (7 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 cores12808
Core clock speed1088 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed1215 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate97.20no data
Floating-point processing power3.11 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs80no 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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount6 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1753 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth168 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data
Display Port1.4no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA6.1-

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.

P3000 Mobile 16.82
+16.1%
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.

P3000 Mobile 331998
+18.5%
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 HD64
+121%
29
−121%
4K28
+16.7%
24−27
−16.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+40.9%
21−24
−40.9%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+34.4%
30−35
−34.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+39.1%
21−24
−39.1%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+37%
45−50
−37%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+39.3%
27−30
−39.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+40.9%
21−24
−40.9%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+36.4%
30−35
−36.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+33.3%
35−40
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+30.4%
90−95
−30.4%
Hitman 3 35−40
+40.7%
27−30
−40.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+30.6%
70−75
−30.6%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+42.6%
45−50
−42.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+33.3%
35−40
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+39.1%
45−50
−39.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+18.4%
75−80
−18.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+34.4%
30−35
−34.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+39.1%
21−24
−39.1%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+37%
45−50
−37%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+39.3%
27−30
−39.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+40.9%
21−24
−40.9%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+36.4%
30−35
−36.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+33.3%
35−40
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+30.4%
90−95
−30.4%
Hitman 3 35−40
+40.7%
27−30
−40.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+30.6%
70−75
−30.6%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+42.6%
45−50
−42.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+33.3%
35−40
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+39.1%
45−50
−39.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 81
+138%
30−35
−138%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+18.4%
75−80
−18.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+34.4%
30−35
−34.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+39.1%
21−24
−39.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+39.3%
27−30
−39.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+40.9%
21−24
−40.9%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+36.4%
30−35
−36.4%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+30.4%
90−95
−30.4%
Hitman 3 35−40
+40.7%
27−30
−40.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+30.6%
70−75
−30.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+39.1%
45−50
−39.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 33
−3%
30−35
+3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+18.4%
75−80
−18.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+33.3%
35−40
−33.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+37%
27−30
−37%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+31.8%
21−24
−31.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
+42.9%
14−16
−42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+54.5%
10−12
−54.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+40%
14−16
−40%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+37.5%
16−18
−37.5%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+48.6%
70−75
−48.6%
Hitman 3 21−24
+35.3%
16−18
−35.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+34.5%
27−30
−34.5%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+50%
24−27
−50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+62.5%
24−27
−62.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+46.7%
14−16
−46.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+32.2%
85−90
−32.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+39.1%
21−24
−39.1%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
Hitman 3 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−105
+44.9%
65−70
−44.9%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+53.8%
12−14
−53.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 22
+69.2%
12−14
−69.2%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+37.5%
8−9
−37.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+36.8%
18−20
−36.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+61.5%
12−14
−61.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+30.8%
12−14
−30.8%

This is how P3000 Mobile and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • P3000 Mobile is 121% faster in 1080p
  • P3000 Mobile is 17% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the P3000 Mobile is 138% faster.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 3% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • P3000 Mobile is ahead in 71 test (99%)
  • Apple M1 8-Core GPU is ahead in 1 test (1%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.82 14.49
Recency 11 January 2017 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm

P3000 Mobile has a 16.1% higher aggregate performance score.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro P3000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a mobile workstation 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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