Apple M4 8-core GPU
The 8-core Apple M4 GPU is a graphics adapter built into the smallest Apple M4 series SoC that debuted in October 2024 alongside the new iMac. It isn't clear if this is a 10-core M4 GPU with two cores disabled, or if Apple actually makes an entirely new M4 SoC now that has fewer CPU and GPU cores by design. A few popular video codecs can be HW-decoded and HW-encoded here but the list is nowhere near as long as what current AMD iGPUs deliver, let alone Intel iGPUs. However, there is a healthy selection of modern technologies such as ray tracing on offer.
Just like the rest of the Apple M4 chip, the graphics adapter is manufactured on a "second generation 3 nm" TSMC process that's still cutting-edge, as of late 2024. It has access to the 16 or 24 gigabytes of LPDDR5X-7500 unified RAM (together with the CPU) and, apart from the iMac's internal display, allows one to connect one more monitor with an "up to 6K" resolution whereas the 10-core GPU can drive 2 such monitors.
Its performance is slated to be around 15% lower than that of the 10-core M4 GPU. Still, it's going to be at least as fast as the Radeon 760M in many tasks.
Apple M4 Series
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Pipelines | 8 - unified | ||||||
Memory Type | LPDDR5X-7500 | ||||||
Shared Memory | yes | ||||||
Power Consumption | 4 Watt | ||||||
technology | 3 nm | ||||||
Date of Announcement | 28.10.2024 | ||||||
Predecessor | M3 8-Core GPU |
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