Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Titan X Pascal

Place in the ranking	157	360
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.91	no data
Power efficiency	9.27	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	no data
GPU code name	GP102	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	2 August 2016 (8 years ago)	10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,199	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 cores	3584	8
Core clock speed	1417 MHz	1278 MHz
Boost clock speed	1531 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	11,800 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	342.9	no data
Floating-point processing power	10.97 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	96	no data
TMUs	224	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	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	GDDR5X	no data
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	no data
Memory bus width	384 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1251 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	480.4 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	no data
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	+	-
CUDA	+	-

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.

Titan X Pascal 33.81
+133%

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.

Titan X Pascal 514513
+83.6%

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 HD	126 +334%	29 −334%
1440p	72 +140%	30−35 −140%
4K	56 +133%	24−27 −133%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	9.52	no data
1440p	16.65	no data
4K	21.41	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

79
+259%

21−24

−259%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	104 +225%	30−35 −225%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	95 +313%	21−24 −313%
Battlefield 5	174 +278%	45−50 −278%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	108 +286%	27−30 −286%
Cyberpunk 2077	78 +255%	21−24 −255%
Far Cry 5	121 +267%	30−35 −267%
Far Cry New Dawn	138 +254%	35−40 −254%
Forza Horizon 4	240 +161%	90−95 −161%
Hitman 3	104 +285%	27−30 −285%
Horizon Zero Dawn	296 +311%	70−75 −311%
Metro Exodus	143 +204%	45−50 −204%
Red Dead Redemption 2	125 +221%	35−40 −221%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	161 +250%	45−50 −250%
Watch Dogs: Legion	226 +197%	75−80 −197%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	121 +278%	30−35 −278%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85 +270%	21−24 −270%
Battlefield 5	165 +259%	45−50 −259%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	98 +250%	27−30 −250%
Cyberpunk 2077	69 +214%	21−24 −214%
Far Cry 5	92 +179%	30−35 −179%
Far Cry New Dawn	108 +177%	35−40 −177%
Forza Horizon 4	225 +145%	90−95 −145%
Hitman 3	104 +285%	27−30 −285%
Horizon Zero Dawn	275 +282%	70−75 −282%
Metro Exodus	143 +204%	45−50 −204%
Red Dead Redemption 2	102 +162%	35−40 −162%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	194 +322%	45−50 −322%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	96 +182%	30−35 −182%
Watch Dogs: Legion	216 +184%	75−80 −184%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	67 +109%	30−35 −109%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	63 +174%	21−24 −174%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75 +168%	27−30 −168%
Cyberpunk 2077	59 +168%	21−24 −168%
Far Cry 5	67 +103%	30−35 −103%
Forza Horizon 4	112 +21.7%	90−95 −21.7%
Hitman 3	93 +244%	27−30 −244%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150 +108%	70−75 −108%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	167 +263%	45−50 −263%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	95 +179%	30−35 −179%
Watch Dogs: Legion	64 −18.8%	75−80 +18.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

118
+203%

35−40

−203%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +137%	27−30 −137%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +132%	21−24 −132%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +157%	14−16 −157%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	51 +364%	10−12 −364%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	58 +287%	14−16 −287%
Cyberpunk 2077	38 +443%	7−8 −443%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +144%	16−18 −144%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +168%	70−75 −168%
Hitman 3	66 +288%	16−18 −288%
Horizon Zero Dawn	118 +307%	27−30 −307%
Metro Exodus	101 +321%	24−27 −321%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	122 +408%	24−27 −408%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +207%	14−16 −207%
Watch Dogs: Legion	212 +144%	85−90 −144%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

92
+300%

21−24

−300%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	63 +350%	14−16 −350%
Far Cry New Dawn	48 +380%	10−11 −380%
Hitman 3	39 +290%	10−11 −290%
Horizon Zero Dawn	129 +87%	65−70 −87%
Metro Exodus	67 +415%	12−14 −415%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	68 +423%	12−14 −423%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	38 +375%	8−9 −375%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	32 +357%	7−8 −357%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	34 +386%	7−8 −386%
Cyberpunk 2077	18 +800%	2−3 −800%
Far Cry 5	33 +313%	8−9 −313%
Forza Horizon 4	73 +284%	18−20 −284%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70 +438%	12−14 −438%
Watch Dogs: Legion	26 +420%	5−6 −420%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

47
+262%

12−14

−262%

This is how Titan X Pascal and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

Titan X Pascal is 334% faster in 1080p
Titan X Pascal is 140% faster in 1440p
Titan X Pascal is 133% 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 Titan X Pascal is 800% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 19% faster.

All in all, in popular games: