Apple M1 8-core videocard review

M1 8-core videocard released by Apple; release date: 10 Nov 2020. The videocard is designed for desktop, laptop-computers.

Core clock speed - 1278 MHz. Pipelines - 8. Manufacturing process technology - 5 nm. Power consumption (TDP) - 10 Watt.

Memory type: LPDDR4X-4266. Maximum RAM amount - 8 GB. Memory bus width - 128 bit. Memory bandwidth - 66.67 GB/s.

Benchmarks

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

342287

18918

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

10433 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

10433.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

3723 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

3723.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3364 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3364.000 Fps

Name	Value
Geekbench - OpenCL	18918
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	10433 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	10433.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3723 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3723.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3364 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3364.000 Fps

Games performance

Borderlands 3 (2019)

Total War: Three Kingdoms (2019)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Processors with Apple M1 8-core

CPU	Type	Codename	Release date	Cores count	Max frequency
Apple M1 (8-core GPU)	Laptop	Firestorm/Icestorm	10 Nov 2020	8	3.204 GHz

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Launch date	10 Nov 2020
Place in performance rating	429
Type	Desktop, Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1278 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	650 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5200 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.617 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8
Render output units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt

Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	66.67 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory type	LPDDR4X-4266
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode