Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU) vs Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
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Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU)
Tiger Lake Xe
We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU) with 16 pipelines and 128 shaders against the 1 year and 1 month newer Apple M2 GPU (8-core) that utilizes 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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
Reasons to consider the Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
- Performs significantly better (up to 10.3x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 7.2x higher maximum theoretical performance (2.9 vs 0.4 TFLOPS)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Achieves 7.5x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (29K vs 3K)
- Has 8x more shading units (1024 vs 128)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | - - - - |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 10 - - - |
- |
| 1080p High | - | - |
| 1080p Ultra | - | - |
| 1440p Ultra | - | - |
| 4K Ultra | - | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 308 | - |
| Solar Bay | - | 7316 |
| Fire Strike | 1103 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 745 | 5676 |
| Night Raid | 4719 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 8.99 img/sec | 58.7 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 5.66 img/sec | 35.2 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.16 Gpixels/sec | 1.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 0.25 Gpixels/sec | 1.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.16 Gpixels/sec | 1.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.04 Gpixels/sec | 0.37 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 10 Gpixels/sec | 96 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 567.5 FPS | 3825.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 406 | 3242 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 609 | 4890 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 530 | 7149 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 951 | 10340 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 1936 | 21268 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 538 | 2268 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 542 | 1122 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 451 | 3007 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 1237 | 13941 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 5464 | 35943 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU) and Apple M2 GPU (8-core)General
| Vendor | Intel | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | May 10, 2021 | June 6, 2022 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Professional |
| Segment | Entry-level | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Generation 12.1 | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Tiger Lake Xe | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) |
| Recommended CPU | - | - Apple M2 or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Core Ultra 5 225 - Intel Core i5 12450HX - Intel Core i5 14450HX - Intel Processor N95 - Intel Core i5 13450HX - Intel Core i5 13500HX - Intel Core i7 13650HX - Intel Celeron N5095 - and 3 more |
- Apple M2 |
Laptop GPU ranking (145th and 90th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 350 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 750-1550 MHz (configurable) | 1398 MHz |
| Shading Units | 128 | 1024 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 8 | 64 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 4 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 16 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores | No | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | No | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 3-6 GPixel/s | 45 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 6-12 GTexel/s | 89 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | Custom |
| TGP | 6-15 W (configurable) | 15 W |
| Manufacturing | Intel | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistor Count | - | 11.6 billion |
| Max. Temperature | - | 94°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | - | 6400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | - | 12800 Mbps |
| Bus | - | 128-bit |
| ECC | - | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| Ray Tracing | No | No |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | - |
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