Apple M1 GPU (8-core)

Apple M1 GPU (8-core)
  • Cores: 1024
  • TMUs / ROPs: 64 / 32

Review

Gaming
8
Workstation
21
AI/ML
7
Energy Efficiency
89
NanoReview Final Score
25
Compare Apple M1 GPU (8-core) with other GPUs

Test in Benchmarks

Performance tests in graphics benchmarks and applications

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
1979
Solar Bay 6317
Wild Life Extreme 4966
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
20842
Background Blur 38.3 img/sec
Face Detection 23 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.76 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.33 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.87 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.27 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 69.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 2766.4 FPS
API OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
510

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
260.64
Sources: Blender [9]307 samples

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
3284
GB6 ML Half Precision
5418
GB6 ML Quantized
4395
Image Classification (SP) 1400
Image Segmentation (HP) 2280
Image Super Resolution (Q) 3402
Face Detection (HP) 5638
Pose Estimation (Q) 12027
Text Classification (SP) 2324
Machine Translation (HP) 4296
Object Detection (SP) 1530
Depth Estimation (Q) 7675
Style Transfer (SP) 17293
Framework Core ML
Backend CPU
Sources: Geekbench [9]

Specifications

Detailed technical specifications of the Apple M1 GPU (8-core)

General

Vendor Apple
Build Integrated
Released November 20, 2020
Case Laptop
Purpose Professional
Segment Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU
Nvidia Equivalent - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
Successor - Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
Recommended CPU - Apple M1 or above
Used in CPUs - Apple M1
Laptop GPU ranking - 103rd place

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 450 MHz
Boost Clock 1278 MHz
Shading Units 1024
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 64
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) 128
Ray-tracing Cores No
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 41 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 82 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
2.6 TFLOPS

Physical

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

Memory

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

API

Ray Tracing No
DLSS No

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