The 10-core Apple M4 GPU is a graphics adapter built into the 9-core and 10-core Apple M4 processors that has direct access to fast on-package LPDDR5x-7500 RAM (120 GB/s bandwidth) as well as hardware support for ray tracing and mesh shading and other modern technologies. It supports up to 3 displays with an "8K" resolution attainable on a single display. It also can HW-decode a few popular video codecs including first and foremost AVC, HEVC and AV1.
Performance
As our Fall 2024 Mac mini review confirmed, the iGPU is fast enough to run many 2023 and 2024 games at 1080p on low or medium quality settings. It appears its real-world performance is almost as good as the GeForce GTX 1650 Laptop. That being said, very few games have been compiled specifically for Apple silicon Macs meaning most titles have to be run via emulation layers. Some of them are displayed with visual artefacts as a result, or don't start at all.
M4-powered iPad Pros will be much slower in long-term GPU-intensive workloads than M4 iMacs, Mac minis and MacBook Pros due to the lack of proper cooling.
Power consumption
In M4 Mac minis, the GPU gets just slightly over a half of the total 40 W power budget allocated to the entire M4 chip. Needless to say, it has to be a lot more modest in iPad Pros where the entire M4 chip can consume ~14 W in short-term tasks and less than half of that in long-term tasks.
Just like the rest of the M4 chip, the graphics adapter is manufactured on a "second generation 3 nm" TSMC process which is still cutting-edge as of late 2024.
Apple M4 Series
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| iGPU | Integrated Graphics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 10 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X-7500 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 8 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||
| Man. Technology | 3 nm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 07.05.2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | M3 10-Core GPU | ||||||||||||||||||
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- Average benchmark valuesThe following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total War Pharaoh | 53 | 46 | 45 | 39 | 27.1 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 34 | 27 | 23 | 20 | ||
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 44 | 36 | 32 | 30 | ||
| Diablo Immortal | 59 | |||||
| Call of Duty Mobile | 78.2 | |||||
| Genshin Impact | 80 | 79 | 87 | |||
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 129 | 48 | 44 | 39 | 27 | |
| PUBG Mobile | 72 | 40 | 41 | |||
| The Witcher 3 | 120 | 42.8 | 28.6 | |||
| Asphalt 8: Airborne | 85.8 | |||||
| Asphalt 9: Legends | 75 | |||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 3 2 2 | 1 3 1 | 1 5 2 | 2 5 2 | 2 | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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