GeForce RTX 5080 vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared M1 8-Core GPU with GeForce RTX 5080, including specs and performance data.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU
2020
13.08

RTX 5080 outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 608% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking3813
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data41.79
Power efficiencyno data19.37
Architectureno dataBlackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameno dataGB203
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores810752
Core clock speed1278 MHz2295 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2617 MHz
Number of transistorsno data45,600 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data360 Watt
Texture fill rateno data879.3
Floating-point processing powerno data56.28 TFLOPS
ROPsno data128
TMUsno data336
Tensor Coresno data336
Ray Tracing Coresno data84

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR7
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1875 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data960.0 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.4
CUDA-10.1

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 HD27
−615%
193
+615%
1440p21−24
−633%
154
+633%
4K14−16
−629%
102
+629%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data5.18
1440pno data6.49
4Kno data9.79

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−835%
210−220
+835%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−604%
190−200
+604%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
−160%
110−120
+160%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−835%
210−220
+835%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−604%
190−200
+604%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−536%
350−400
+536%
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
−761%
300−350
+761%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−411%
190−200
+411%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
−359%
150−160
+359%
Valorant 55−60
−1355%
800−850
+1355%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
−160%
110−120
+160%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−835%
210−220
+835%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−604%
190−200
+604%
Dota 2 45−50
−257%
170−180
+257%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−208%
157
+208%
Fortnite 75−80
−300%
300−350
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−536%
350−400
+536%
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
−761%
300−350
+761%
Grand Theft Auto V 45−50
−512%
300−310
+512%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−411%
190−200
+411%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 100−105
−115%
210−220
+115%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
−359%
150−160
+359%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−314%
170−180
+314%
Valorant 55−60
−1355%
800−850
+1355%
World of Tanks 180−190
−53.3%
270−280
+53.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
−160%
110−120
+160%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−865%
222
+865%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−604%
190−200
+604%
Dota 2 45−50
−512%
300−310
+512%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−306%
200−210
+306%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−536%
350−400
+536%
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
−761%
300−350
+761%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 100−105
−115%
210−220
+115%
Valorant 55−60
−1355%
800−850
+1355%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 20−22
−745%
160−170
+745%
Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
−600%
140−150
+600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 100−110
−573%
700−750
+573%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−675%
90−95
+675%
World of Tanks 95−100
−438%
500−550
+438%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−222%
85−90
+222%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−600%
70−75
+600%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−400%
160−170
+400%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−597%
230−240
+597%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
−1038%
230−240
+1038%
Metro Exodus 27−30
−469%
160−170
+469%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−567%
120−130
+567%
Valorant 30−35
−1582%
550−600
+1582%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 10−11
−990%
109
+990%
Dota 2 24−27
−679%
180−190
+679%
Grand Theft Auto V 24−27
−567%
160−170
+567%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−1522%
140−150
+1522%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
−423%
200−210
+423%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−611%
60−65
+611%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−567%
160−170
+567%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
−600%
90−95
+600%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
−260%
36
+260%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−575%
27−30
+575%
Dota 2 24−27
−567%
160−170
+567%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−518%
100−110
+518%
Fortnite 14−16
−540%
95−100
+540%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−584%
130−140
+584%
Forza Horizon 5 10−11
−1490%
150−160
+1490%
Valorant 14−16
−2273%
350−400
+2273%

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and RTX 5080 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5080 is 615% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5080 is 633% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 5080 is 629% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 5080 is 2273% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 5080 surpassed Apple M1 8-Core GPU in all 44 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.08 92.58
Recency 10 November 2020 30 January 2025
Chip lithography 5 nm 4 nm

RTX 5080 has a 607.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5080 is our recommended choice as it beats the M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5080 is a desktop one.


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