Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs NVIDIA Quadro P4000 vs Apple M1 7-Core GPU
Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU
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The Apple M1 Pro 16-Core-GPU is an integrated graphics card by Apple offering all 16 cores in the M1 Pro Chip. The 2048 ALUs offer a theoretical performance of up to 5.3 Teraflops.
The graphics card has no dedicated graphics memory but can use the fast LPDDR5-6400 unified memory with a 256 bit bus (up to 200 GBit/s).
The GPU clocks between 389 and 1296 MHz and offers no short term boost (389, 486, 648, 778, 972, 1296 MHz steps according to Powermetrics). The GPU is intended to use Apple Metal 2 API and could still be based on the older PowerVR architectures (last used in the Apple A10).
The Apple M1 Pro is manufactured in the modern 5nm process at TSMC and offers an excellent energy efficiency. According to the internal sensors, the GPU uses 15 Watt (Valley) to 20.6 W (Eve Online) under full load.
NVIDIA Quadro P4000
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The Nvidia Quadro P4000 is a mobile high-end workstation graphics card for notebooks. There is currently no consumer counterpart and the GPU is sitting between the Quadro P3000 (GTX 1060) and Quadro P5000 (GTX 1070). It is equipped with 1792 shaders and should therefore use the same GP104 chip from the P5000 (2048 shaders). It has 8 GB GDDR-VRAM at the same bandwidth and has the similar 100-Watt TGP according to Nvidia.
The Quadro GPUs offer certified drivers, which are optimized for stability and performance in professional applications (CAD, DCC, medical, prospection, and visualizing applications). The performance in these areas is therefore much better compared to corresponding consumer GPUs.
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.
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| Pipelines | 16 - unified | 1792 - unified | 7 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 1296 MHz | 1202 - 1228 (Boost) MHz | 1278 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5-6400 | GDDR5 | LPDDR4X-4266 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | no | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 10 Watt | 73.4 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 5 nm | 16 nm | 5 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 10.11.2020 | 11.01.2017 | 10.11.2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | N17E-Q3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Pascal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 6006 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 256 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 16 GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12_1, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | Optimus, PhysX, 3D Vision Pro, nView, Optimus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | large | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link to Manufacturer Page | www.nvidia.com |
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Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA Quadro P4000
specvp11 snx-01 + NVIDIA Quadro P4000
specvp12 sw-03 + NVIDIA Quadro P4000
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU
Average Benchmarks Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU → 100% n=6
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro P4000 → 77% n=6
Average Benchmarks Apple M1 7-Core GPU → 63% n=6
- 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.
Hearthstone
2020
Borderlands 3
2019
F1 2017
2017
Civilization 6
2016
Doom
2016
The Witcher 3
2015
GRID: Autosport
2014
Total War: Rome II
2013
Company of Heroes 2
2013
BioShock Infinite
2013
Counter-Strike: GO
2012
Batman: Arkham City
2011Average Gaming Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming NVIDIA Quadro P4000 → 98%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 98%
Average Gaming Apple M1 7-Core GPU → 55%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 73%
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| Hearthstone | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Borderlands 3 | 56.6 | 48 | 34.8 | 26.2 | 45.2 | 28 | 17.7 | ||||||||||||||
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 114 | 69.6 | 43.8 | 31.8 | 95.2 | 26.3 | 17.4 | ||||||||||||||
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 63 | 57 | 50 | 65 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| F1 2017 | 60 | 54 | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War III | 70.3 | 61.6 | 58.8 | 54 | 43.9 | 32.5 | |||||||||||||||
| Civilization 6 | 45.5 | 45.5 | 66.7 | 55.2 | 45.13 | 43.7 | 80.3 | 30.1 | 27 | 15.8 | |||||||||||
| Deus Ex Mankind Divided | 54.2 | 43.1 | 47.6 | 35.3 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Counter-Strike: GO | 109 | 69 | 44.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batman: Arkham City | 86 | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 1 | 1 2 | 5 | 1 4 | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 | 1 1 | 2 | 2 | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 3 5 | 3 3 | 3 2 2 | 1 2 | 1 | 1 |
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