Apple M1 7-core vs Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
Comparative analysis of Apple M1 7-core and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the Apple M1 7-core
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- 4.3x more core clock speed: 1278 MHz vs 300 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 14 nm
- Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 15 Watt
- 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18993 vs 6620
- 4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10433 vs 2306
- 4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10433 vs 2306
- 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3723 vs 1514
- 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3723 vs 1514
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3364 vs 3333
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3364 vs 3333
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 10 Nov 2020 vs 3 January 2017 |
| Core clock speed | 1278 MHz vs 300 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm vs 14 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 14 Watt vs 15 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18993 vs 6620 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 10433 vs 2306 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 10433 vs 2306 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3723 vs 1514 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3723 vs 1514 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3364 vs 3333 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3364 vs 3333 |
Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
- 6.9x more pipelines: 48 vs 7
- 4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 8 GB
| Pipelines | 48 vs 7 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB vs 8 GB |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: Apple M1 7-core
GPU 2: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
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| Name | Apple M1 7-core | Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18993 | 6620 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 10433 | 2306 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 10433 | 2306 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3723 | 1514 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3723 | 1514 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3364 | 3333 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3364 | 3333 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1358 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 338 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 36.485 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 246.614 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.888 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 21.014 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 42.981 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 720 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| Apple M1 7-core | Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 | |
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Essentials |
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| Launch date | 10 Nov 2020 | 3 January 2017 |
| Place in performance rating | 419 | 1136 |
| Type | Desktop, Laptop | Laptop |
| Architecture | Generation 9.5 | |
| Code name | Kaby Lake GT3e | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1278 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 14 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 590 GFLOPS | |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 4750 GFLOPS | |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 2.290 TFLOPS | |
| Pipelines | 7 | 48 |
| Render output units | 28 | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 14 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | |
| Transistor count | 189 million | |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 66.67 GB/s | |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 64 / 128 Bit |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X-4266 | DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 |
| Shared memory | 1 | |
Technologies |
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Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x1 | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | |
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