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Apple M1 GPU (8-core) vs Adreno X1-85

Apple M1 GPU (8-core)
VS
Adreno X1-85
Apple M1 GPU (8-core)
Adreno X1-85
Adreno X1

We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Apple M1 GPU (8-core) with 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders against the 2 years and 11 months newer Adreno X1-85 that utilizes 6 pipelines and 1536 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

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  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AI
  5. Specs
  6. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of Adreno X1-85 over M1 GPU (8-core)
Reasons to consider the Adreno X1-85
  • 77% higher maximum theoretical performance (4.6 vs 2.6 TFLOPS)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
  • Has 50% more shading units (1536 vs 1024)
GPU
M1 GPU (8-core)
vs
Adreno X1-85

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Time Spy - 1695
Solar Bay 6317 10596
Fire Strike - 6134
Wild Life Extreme 4966 6152
Night Raid - 28868
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
M1 GPU (8-core)
20842
Adreno X1-85 +17%
24387
Background Blur 38.3 img/sec 36.4 img/sec
Face Detection 23 img/sec 17.3 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.76 Gpixels/sec 1.19 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.33 Gpixels/sec 1.3 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.87 Gpixels/sec 1.42 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.27 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 69.9 Gpixels/sec 72.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 2766.4 FPS 4692.5 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark - 518
DirectX 11 - 19 FPS
DirectX 12 - 10 FPS
GPU Compute - 1958 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5] – 7 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Sources: Blender [9] – 307 samples
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
M1 GPU (8-core) +51%
3284
Adreno X1-85
2178
GB6 ML Half Precision
M1 GPU (8-core) +67%
5418
Adreno X1-85
3240
GB6 ML Quantized
M1 GPU (8-core) +141%
4395
Adreno X1-85
1825
Image Classification (SP) 1400 1347
Image Segmentation (HP) 2280 2661
Image Super Resolution (Q) 3402 3084
Face Detection (HP) 5638 5354
Pose Estimation (Q) 12027 7719
Text Classification (SP) 2324 292
Machine Translation (HP) 4296 1108
Object Detection (SP) 1530 660
Depth Estimation (Q) 7675 3876
Style Transfer (SP) 17293 12048
Framework Core ML ONNX
Backend CPU DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]
Results were compared using different ML frameworks

Specifications

Technical specifications of Apple M1 GPU (8-core) and Adreno X1-85

General

Vendor Apple Qualcomm
Build Integrated Integrated
Released November 20, 2020 October 24, 2023
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Professional Generic
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Apple M GPU Adreno X1
GPU Codename - Adreno X1
Rival Equivalent - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile - Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
Successor - Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) - Adreno X2-90
Recommended CPU - Apple M1 or above - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100) or above
Used in CPUs - Apple M1 - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-66-100)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Laptop GPU ranking (104th and 112th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 450 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 1278 MHz 1200-1500 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 1024 1536
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 64 96
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 128 6
Ray-tracing Cores No No
L1 Cache - 192KB per cluster
L2 Cache - 1MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 41 GPixel/s 58-72 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 82 GTexel/s 115-144 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
M1 GPU (8-core)
2.6 TFLOPS
Adreno X1-85 +77%
3.7-4.6 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Custom IGP
TGP 15 W 30 W
Manufacturing Intel TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor Count 11.6 billion -
Max. Temperature 94°C -

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
Memory Clock 4266 MHz -
Effective Memory Speed 8532 Mbps -
Bus 128-bit -
ECC No -
Memory Bandwidth

API

DirectX - 12.1
Vulkan - 1.3
OpenGL - 3.2
OpenCL - 3.0
CUDA - No
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort - 1.4

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4 (21.1%)
15 (78.9%)
Total votes: 19

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