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Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Apple M1 8-Core GPU

The Apple M1 GPU is an integrated graphics card offering 8 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 is 2.6 teraflops and 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. According to internal tools, the M1 GPU uses under load approximately 10 Watt (11.5 Watt package power including the RAM).

ManufacturerApple
Apple M1 Series
M1 8-Core GPU 8 @ 1.28 GHz
M1 7-Core GPU compare 7 @ 1.28 GHz
Pipelines8 - unified
Core Speed1278 MHz
Shared Memoryno
technology5 nm
Date of Announcement10.11.2020
CPU in M1 8-Core GPUGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Apple M18 x 2064 MHz? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
280200 Points (44%)
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Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +
GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 +
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
408 fps (45%)
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan
60 fps (16%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Onscreen
min: 54.4     avg: 55     median: 55 (35%)     max: 55.5 fps
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 78     avg: 79.1     median: 78.2 (32%)     max: 81.2 fps
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Onscreen
60 fps (29%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 205     avg: 209     median: 207 (35%)     max: 214.4 fps
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GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 176.6     avg: 187     median: 186.8 (43%)     max: 197 fps
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GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Onscreen
min: 57.2     avg: 58.6     median: 58.6 (22%)     max: 60 fps
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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.

Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3

2019
low 1280x720
30.4 56.7 ~ 44 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
20.3 30.7 ~ 26 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
20.5  fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Additional Benchmarks
Very Low Overall Quality (DX11) 1920x1080
51.1
Total War: Three Kingdoms

Total War: Three Kingdoms

2019
low 1280x720
93.4 100 ~ 97 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
33 42.3 ~ 38 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
20.6 25.5 ~ 23 fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

2018
low 1280x720
66 78 ~ 72 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
25 27 ~ 26 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
23 25 ~ 24 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Rise of the Tomb Raider

Rise of the Tomb Raider

2016
ultra 1920x1080
39.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.

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Notebook reviews with Apple M1 8-Core GPU graphics card

Apple MacBook Air Late 2020 (M1, 8 Core GPU, 8 GB RAM): Apple M1, 13.30", 1.3 kg
  Review » Apple MacBook Air 2020 Review: Should you get the more powerful version of the M1 processor?

Apple MacBook Pro 13 Late 2020 M1 Entry (8 / 256 GB): Apple M1, 13.30", 1.4 kg
  Review » Apple MacBook Pro 13 2020 Laptop Review: The entry-level Pro also gets the M1 performance boost

  External Review » Apple MacBook Pro 13 Late 2020 M1 Entry (8 / 256 GB)

Apple MacBook Air Late 2020 (M1, 8 Core GPU, 8 GB RAM): Apple M1, 13.30", 1.3 kg
   » Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Benchmarks: Should you get 7 or 8 GPU cores?

Apple MacBook Pro 13 Late 2020 M1 Entry (8 / 256 GB): Apple M1, 13.30", 1.4 kg
   » Apple MacBook Pro 13 M1 with more than 20 hours battery runtime, but no performance advantage over the MacBook Air

   » The new Apple MacBook Pro 13 M1 is very good, but where are the Pro features compared to the MacBook Air?

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Playable games for each graphics card and their average FPS results.

Class 0

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Class 1

GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
Quadro RTX 6000 (Laptop)
GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile
GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop)
GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Laptop)
Quadro RTX 5000 (Laptop)
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q *
Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q *
GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q *
GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
Radeon RX 6700M
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
Quadro RTX 4000 (Laptop)
GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q *

Class 2

GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q *
Quadro P5200
Quadro RTX 3000 (Laptop) *
GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q *
GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q *
Quadro P4200
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU *
Radeon RX 6600M
Radeon RX 5600M
Quadro P5000
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
Radeon Pro 5600M *
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q *
Quadro P5000 Max-Q *
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU *
GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Quadro M5500
Quadro P4000
Quadro T2000 (Laptop) *
GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
Radeon RX 5500M
Radeon Pro 5500M *
Quadro P4000 Max-Q
Quadro P3200
Radeon RX 580X (Laptop) *
Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
Radeon Pro 5300M
Radeon RX 5300M
Quadro P3000
GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile *
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
Quadro P3000 Max-Q *
GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q *
Quadro T2000 Max-Q *
Radeon Pro WX 7100 *
Radeon RX 570X (Laptop) *
Radeon RX 570 (Laptop) *
Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) *
GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q *
Quadro T1000 (Laptop) *
Quadro T1000 Max-Q *
T500 Mobile *
GeForce MX450 *
GeForce GTX 980M
Vega M GH
Quadro M5000M
Radeon Pro Vega 20
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
Quadro P2000
Quadro P2000 Max-Q
Quadro M4000M
GeForce GTX 970M
Radeon R9 M395X
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q *
Radeon Pro Vega 16
Vega M GL / 870
WX Vega M GL
Radeon R9 M485X
Quadro M3000M
GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
FirePro W7170M
Radeon R9 M395
GeForce GTX 880M
GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q *
Quadro K5100M

Class 3

Radeon Pro WX 4150 *
GeForce GTX 965M
Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)
Quadro M2200
GeForce GTX 870M
Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
Quadro P1000
Radeon R9 M390
Xe MAX
Iris Xe G7 96EUs *
GeForce MX350 *
FirePro M6100
Radeon Pro 560X
Radeon Pro 560
Radeon Pro 460
Radeon Pro WX 4130 *
GeForce GTX 960M
Quadro M1200
Quadro P620 *
Radeon RX 550X (Laptop)
Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
Radeon RX 640
Radeon Pro WX 3200 *
Radeon Pro 555X
Radeon Pro 555
Radeon Pro 455
Quadro P600
GeForce MX250
GeForce MX150
GeForce MX330 *
Quadro M2000M
Quadro K5000M
Quadro K4100M
Iris Xe G7 80EUs *
Radeon RX 540X *
Radeon Pro WX 2100 *
Radeon RX 540 *
Radeon Pro WX 3100 *
GeForce GTX 860M
GeForce GTX 950M
Radeon Pro 450
Radeon 630
Radeon 540X *
Radeon R9 M470X *
Radeon R9 M385X
Quadro P520
GeForce GTX 850M
Quadro M1000M
Quadro M620 *
GeForce 945M
Quadro K4000M
Quadro P500 *
Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) *
Vega 10 *
Iris Pro Graphics P580
Iris Pro Graphics 580
Radeon R9 M470 *
Quadro K3100M
FirePro W5170M *
Radeon R9 M370X
Vega 9
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5)
FirePro W5130M
Quadro K3000M
UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs *
UHD Graphics Xe 750 32EUs *
FirePro M6000
FirePro M5100
GeForce MX230
Vega 8 R4000 *
Quadro K2100M
GeForce GT 755M
GeForce 845M
Radeon R9 M265X
Radeon R7 M465
FirePro W4170M
GeForce GT 750M
Iris Pro Graphics 6200
GeForce MX130
GeForce 940MX
Quadro M520
Quadro K1100M
Vega 8
Vega 7 *
GeForce 940M
Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) *
GeForce 930MX
M1 8-Core GPU *
M1 7-Core GPU *
Quadro M600M
FirePro W4190M
Radeon R9 M375
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Radeon R7 M445
Quadro M500M
GeForce 840M
GeForce GT 745M
Iris Pro Graphics 5200
GeForce GT 740M
Iris Plus Graphics 650
GeForce 930M
Iris Graphics 550
Radeon 530
Radeon 625
Vega 6 *
Iris Plus Graphics 645
GeForce 830M
GeForce MX110 *
Iris Plus Graphics 640
GeForce 920MX
Iris Graphics 540
Quadro K2000M
GeForce GT 735M
GeForce 825M
FirePro M4000
GeForce GT 730M
FirePro M4100
Radeon R7 M265
Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) *
GeForce GT 640M
Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
Radeon R7 (Kaveri)
Radeon R7 M460 *
Radeon R7 M360
GeForce 920M
Radeon R8 M445DX
Radeon 620
Radeon R7 M440
Radeon R7 M340
Radeon 520
Radeon 610
Vega 6 *
Vega 5 *
UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) *
UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU)
HD Graphics 530
HD Graphics P530
Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)
UHD Graphics 620
HD Graphics 620
Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
Adreno 685 *
Adreno 680 *
Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
HD Graphics 5600
Radeon R6 M255DX
Quadro K1000M
Radeon R5 M330
Radeon R5 M430
Radeon R5 M255
Vega 3 *
GeForce 910M
GeForce 820M
HD Graphics 520
Iris Graphics 6100
UHD Graphics G4 (Lakefield GT1 48 EU) *
GeForce GT 720M

Class 4

Radeon R5 M320 *
Radeon R5 M315 *
Radeon R5 M420 *
Vega 2 *
Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
HD Graphics 6000
Quadro K610M
Iris Graphics 5100
HD Graphics 4600
HD Graphics 5500
UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU) *
UHD Graphics 617
UHD Graphics 615
UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 24 EU) *
HD Graphics 615
Radeon R5 (Carrizo) *
Radeon R5 (Kaveri)
GeForce 710M
HD Graphics 5000
HD Graphics 515
UHD Graphics 610
HD Graphics 610
HD Graphics 4400
HD Graphics 510
UHD Graphics 605
UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) *
HD Graphics 505
HD Graphics 5300
HD Graphics 4000
Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)
Radeon R4 (Beema)
Radeon R4 (Kaveri)
Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema)
Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)
HD Graphics (Broadwell)
HD Graphics 4200
UHD Graphics 600
HD Graphics 500
HD Graphics 405 (Braswell)
HD Graphics (Braswell)
HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)

Class 5

HD Graphics (Haswell)
Radeon R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L)
Radeon R6 (Mullins)
HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

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