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).
Manufacturer Apple Apple M1 Series Pipelines 8 - unified Core Speed 1278 MHz Shared Memory no technology 5 nm Date of Announcement 10.11.2020
CPU in M1 8-Core GPU GPU Base Speed GPU Boost / Turbo Apple M1 8 x 2064 MHz ? MHz ? MHz
Benchmarks 3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
280200 Points (44%)
Apple Mac Mini Late 2020 (M1, 16GB) M1 16384 MB 280200
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Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
89.8 fps (25%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 198%
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.5 % (100%)
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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
670 fps (5%)
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GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 + GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16
60 fps (2%)
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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.
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 508%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 578%
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Additional Benchmarks
Very Low Overall Quality (DX11) 1920x1080
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 219%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 719%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 750%
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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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
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The new Apple MacBook Pro 13 M1 is very good, but where are the Pro features compared to the MacBook Air?
» Comparison of GPUs Detailed list of all laptop GPUs sorted by class and performance.
» Benchmark List Sort and restrict laptop GPUs based on performance in synthetic benchmarks.
» Notebook Gaming List Playable games for each graphics card and their average FPS results.
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Class 5 * Approximate position of the graphics adapter
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