Apple M1 7-Core GPU

The Apple M1 GPU is an integrated graphics card offering 7 cores (1 deactivated core in the entry MacBook Air) designed by Apple and integrated in the Apple M1 SoC. According to Apple it is faster and more energy efficient as competing products (like the Tiger Lake Xe GPU). The peak performance of the high end variant with 8 cores is 2.6 teraflops, therefore the 7 core version should offer around 2.3 teraflops. Thanks to the unified memory architecture it should have fast access to the RAM.

The Apple M1 is manufactured in the modern 5nm process at TSMC and should offer an excellent energy efficiency.

Manufacturer

Apple

Apple M1 Series

M1 8-Core GPU	8 @ 1.28 GHz
M1 7-Core GPU	7 @ 1.28 GHz

Pipelines

7 - unified

Core Speed

1278 MHz

Shared Memory

technology

5 nm

Date of Announcement

10.11.2020

Benchmarks

Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 OpenGL

36.4 fps (16%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry	M1	M1 7-Core GPU tested with Heaven 4.0	8 GB	36.4

Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit

90 fps (25%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry	M1	M1 7-Core GPU	8 GB	90

Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit

99.5 % (100%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry	M1	M1 7-Core GPU	8 GB	99.5

GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +

GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16

620 fps (5%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry	M1	M1 7-Core GPU	8 GB	620

GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 +

GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16

60.1 fps (2%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry	M1	M1 7-Core GPU	8 GB	60.1

GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen

376 fps (41%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry	M1	M1 7-Core GPU	8 GB	376

GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan

60.1 fps (16%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry	M1	M1 7-Core GPU	8 GB	60.1

GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Onscreen

51.4 fps (33%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry	M1	M1 7-Core GPU	8 GB	51.4

GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen

72.4 fps (30%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry	M1	M1 7-Core GPU	8 GB	72.4

PowerVR GE8100 -100%

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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs -40%

NVIDIA GeForce MX450 -39%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q -34%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q -32%

Apple A12X Bionic GPU -31%

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) -28%

AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 -12%

NVIDIA Quadro T2000 Max-Q -10%

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 -10%

Apple M1 7-Core GPU

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 2%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile 20%

NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (Laptop) 23%

AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 31%

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q 42%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 52%

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q 111%

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (Desktop) 160%

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 (Laptop) 234%

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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Onscreen

60.1 fps (29%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry	M1	M1 7-Core GPU	8 GB	60.1

GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen

192 fps (33%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry	M1	M1 7-Core GPU	8 GB	192

GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen

162 fps (1%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry	M1	M1 7-Core GPU	8 GB	162

GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Onscreen

58.7 fps (2%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry	M1	M1 7-Core GPU	8 GB	58.7

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Game Benchmarks

The 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.