GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Place in performance ranking	347	4
Place by popularity	not in top-100	74
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	21.27
Architecture	no data	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	no data	AD103-400-A1
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)	31 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$999
Current price	no data	$1202 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

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	10240
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	2295 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2550 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	320 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	816.0

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Apple M1 8-Core GPU and GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	310 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	no data	16 GB
Memory bus width	no data	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	23000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	716.8 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	no data	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	no data	1.3
CUDA	no data	8.9

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 14.08

RTX 4080 SUPER 88.18
+526%

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 526% based on our aggregate 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 4080 SUPER 870270
+211%

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 211% 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	26 −877%	254 +877%
1440p	27−30 −563%	179 +563%
4K	18−20 −550%	117 +550%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

21−24
−491%

130−140

+491%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −710%	235 +710%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −1122%	281 +1122%
Battlefield 5	45−50 −430%	240−250 +430%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −329%	120−130 +329%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −491%	130−140 +491%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −258%	110−120 +258%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −415%	200−210 +415%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −413%	344 +413%
Hitman 3	27−30 −356%	120−130 +356%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −782%	503 +782%
Metro Exodus	45−50 −221%	150−160 +221%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 −218%	120−130 +218%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −1295%	614 +1295%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −226%	150−160 +226%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −631%	212 +631%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −930%	237 +930%
Battlefield 5	45−50 −430%	240−250 +430%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −329%	120−130 +329%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −491%	130−140 +491%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −258%	110−120 +258%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −415%	200−210 +415%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −303%	270−280 +303%
Hitman 3	27−30 −356%	120−130 +356%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −551%	350−400 +551%
Metro Exodus	45−50 −102%	95 +102%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 −218%	120−130 +218%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −1191%	568 +1191%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 −1723%	547 +1723%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −226%	150−160 +226%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −445%	158 +445%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −809%	209 +809%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −329%	120−130 +329%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −491%	130−140 +491%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −258%	110−120 +258%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −381%	322 +381%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −646%	425 +646%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −1098%	527 +1098%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 −777%	263 +777%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −215%	145 +215%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

−218%

120−130
+218%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −515%	160−170 +515%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −454%	140−150 +454%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −864%	135 +864%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 −1400%	165 +1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −559%	110−120 +559%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −471%	40−45 +471%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −826%	213 +826%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −1033%	306 +1033%
Hitman 3	16−18 −659%	120−130 +659%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −1090%	345 +1090%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −613%	171 +613%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −1488%	397 +1488%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1373%	221 +1373%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −1311%	127 +1311%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

−461%

120−130
+461%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −529%	85−90 +529%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −590%	65−70 +590%
Hitman 3	10−11 −730%	80−85 +730%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1027%	169 +1027%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −1588%	135 +1588%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −1469%	204 +1469%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −1100%	96 +1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 −1314%	99 +1314%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −643%	50−55 +643%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −525%	50−55 +525%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1505%	305 +1505%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1273%	206 +1273%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −992%	142 +992%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −1520%	81 +1520%