Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Apple M1 7-Core GPU
Apple M1 8-Core GPU
► remove from comparison
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).
Apple M1 7-Core GPU
► remove from comparison
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 M1 8-Core GPU | Apple M1 7-Core GPU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Apple M1 Series |
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 8 - unified | 7 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 1278 MHz | 1278 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Theoretical Performance | 2.6 TFLOPS FP32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | LPDDR4X-4266 | LPDDR4X-4266 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 10 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 5 nm | 5 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 10.11.2020 | 10.11.2020 |
|
Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M1 8-Core GPU
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M1 8-Core GPU
Average Benchmarks Apple M1 8-Core GPU → 100% n=10
Average Benchmarks Apple M1 7-Core GPU → 98% n=10

* 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.

Hearthstone
2020
Borderlands 3
2019
F1 2017
2017
Civilization VI
2016
Counter-Strike: GO
2012
Batman: Arkham City
2011Average Gaming Apple M1 8-Core GPU → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Apple M1 7-Core GPU → 87%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 94%
Apple M1 8-Core GPU | 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 | 48 | 29 | 20 | |||
Total War: Three Kingdoms | 98 | 35 | 22 | 15 | ||
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 69 | 32 | 30 | 38 | ||
PUBG Mobile | 39 | 40 | 42 | |||
World of Tanks Blitz | 59 | |||||
Rise of the Tomb Raider | 39.6 | |||||
< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 2 | 1 2 | 2 3 2 | 1 3 3 | | |
Apple M1 7-Core GPU | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hearthstone | 58 | |||||
Borderlands 3 | 45.2 | 28 | 17.7 | |||
Total War: Three Kingdoms | 95.2 | 26.3 | 17.4 | |||
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 65 | 22 | ||||
F1 2017 | 60 | 54 | 43 | |||
Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War III | 43.9 | 32.5 | ||||
Civilization VI | 80.3 | 30.1 | 27 | 15.8 | ||
Deus Ex Mankind Divided | 47.6 | 35.3 | 19 | |||
Counter-Strike: GO | 109 | 69 | 44.4 | |||
Batman: Arkham City | 86 | 47 | ||||
< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 3 5 | 3 3 | 3 2 2 | 1 2 | 1 | 1 |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List