NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Place in performance ranking	343	86
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	no data	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	no data	GN20-E7 GA104
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 November 2020 (3 years old)	12 January 2021 (3 years old)

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	8	6144
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	780 - 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1245 - 1710 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	no data	296.6

Size and compatibility

Information on Apple M1 8-Core GPU and GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	16 GB
Memory bus width	no data	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	384.0 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

no data

No outputs

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	no data	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	no data	1.2
CUDA	no data	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.03

RTX 3080 Mobile 41.70
+197%

GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 197% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

RTX 3080 Mobile 541176
+93.1%

GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 93% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	28 −339%	123 +339%
1440p	24−27 −233%	80 +233%
4K	16−18 −219%	51 +219%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

21−24

−509%

134
+509%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −321%	122 +321%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −317%	96 +317%
Battlefield 5	45−50 −146%	110−120 +146%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −217%	110−120 +217%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −432%	117 +432%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −256%	128 +256%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −142%	92 +142%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −286%	193 +286%
Hitman 3	35−40 −311%	156 +311%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −310%	119 +310%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −179%	65−70 +179%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27 −370%	127 +370%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 −323%	110 +323%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −259%	104 +259%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −243%	79 +243%
Battlefield 5	45−50 −192%	140 +192%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −217%	110−120 +217%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −350%	99 +350%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −236%	121 +236%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −166%	101 +166%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −274%	187 +274%
Hitman 3	35−40 −287%	147 +287%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −234%	97 +234%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −350%	99 +350%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −208%	74 +208%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	32 −275%	120 +275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −555%	190 +555%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 −273%	97 +273%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −169%	78 +169%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −200%	69 +200%
Battlefield 5	45−50 −179%	134 +179%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −309%	90 +309%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −217%	114 +217%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −137%	90 +137%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −216%	158 +216%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −266%	106 +266%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 −181%	73 +181%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 −250%	70−75 +250%
Hitman 3	21−24 −427%	116 +427%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −285%	77 +285%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −367%	56 +367%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −390%	49 +390%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −433%	96 +433%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −321%	59 +321%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 −391%	54 +391%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −272%	108 +272%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −386%	30−35 +386%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −343%	102 +343%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −240%	85 +240%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −381%	130 +381%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −464%	79 +464%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −600%	56 +600%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −290%	35−40 +290%
Hitman 3	12−14 −231%	40−45 +231%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −450%	55 +450%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −443%	38 +443%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −300%	32 +300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −550%	52 +550%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −438%	70 +438%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −438%	43 +438%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 −414%	36 +414%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −379%	67 +379%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −400%	55 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −314%	58 +314%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −358%	87 +358%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −540%	32 +540%