Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs Apple M3 8-Core GPU vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU
Apple M1 7-Core GPU
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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.
Apple M3 8-Core GPU
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The Apple M3 GPU is an integrated graphics card offering 10 cores designed by Apple and integrated in the Apple M3 SoC. It uses the unified memory architecture of the M3 SoC (up to 24 GB LPDDR5-6400 with 100 GB/s bandwidth). The GPU uses a new architecture with support for mesh shading and ray tracing. Dynamic caching is also a new feature that should only us as much shared memory as needed.
The old M2 SoC showed a difference of around 15% between the 8-core and 10-core variant. Therefore, we expect a similar difference for the M3 models. This means, the M3 8-core version should be slightly faster than the 10-core GPU in the Apple M2.
The M3 chip is manufactured in the new 3nm process at TSMC (most likely N3B). The power limit should be around the same 15 Watt as the 10-core variant.
Apple M1 8-Core GPU
► remove from comparisonThe 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).
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| Pipelines | 7 - unified | 8 - unified | 8 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 1278 MHz | 1278 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | LPDDR4X-4266 | LPDDR5-6400 | LPDDR4X-4266 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | no | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 5 nm | 5 nm | 5 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 10.11.2020 | 31.10.2023 | 10.11.2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 15 Watt | 10 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | M1 8-Core GPU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Theoretical Performance | 2.6 TFLOPS FP32 |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M1 7-Core GPU
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M1 7-Core GPU
Average Benchmarks Apple M1 7-Core GPU → 100% n=3
Average Benchmarks Apple M3 8-Core GPU → 147% n=3
Average Benchmarks Apple M1 8-Core GPU → 107% n=3
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
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.
League of Legends: Wild Rift
2020
Hearthstone
2020
Borderlands 3
2019
PUBG Mobile
2018
World of Tanks Blitz
2018
F1 2017
2017
Civilization 6
2016
Counter-Strike: GO
2012
Batman: Arkham City
2011Average Gaming Apple M1 7-Core GPU → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Apple M1 8-Core GPU → 117%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 123%
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | ||||
| League of Legends: Wild Rift | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Call of Duty Mobile | 60 | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Genshin Impact | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Armajet | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Borderlands 3 | 45.2 | 28 | 17.7 | 48 | 29 | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 95.2 | 26.3 | 17.4 | 98 | 35 | 22 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 65 | 22 | 69 | 32 | 30 | 38 | |||||||||||||||
| PUBG Mobile | 39 | 40 | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||
| World of Tanks Blitz | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 39.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 2 | 3 | 2 | | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | | | | | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 2 | 1 2 | 2 3 2 | 1 3 3 | | |
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