RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Aggregate performance score

We've compared M1 8-Core GPU with RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF, including specs and performance data.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU
2020
12.03

PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF outperforms M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 464% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking42120
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data78.13
Architectureno dataBlackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameno dataGB203
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)11 August 2025 (less than a year ago)

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 cores88960
Core clock speed1278 MHz790 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1337 MHz
Number of transistorsno data45,600 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data70 Watt
Texture fill rateno data374.4
Floating-point processing powerno data23.96 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data280
Tensor Coresno data280
Ray Tracing Coresno data70
L1 Cacheno data8.8 MB
L2 Cacheno data48 MB

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 x8
Lengthno data167 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 data24 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1125 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data432.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno data4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1b

API and SDK support

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-12.0
DLSS-+

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 HD28
−436%
150−160
+436%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 70−75
−456%
400−450
+456%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−456%
150−160
+456%
Hogwarts Legacy 21−24
−422%
120−130
+422%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 55−60
−436%
300−310
+436%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
−456%
400−450
+456%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−456%
150−160
+456%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−448%
230−240
+448%
Fortnite 75−80
−433%
400−450
+433%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
−456%
300−310
+456%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
−450%
220−230
+450%
Hogwarts Legacy 21−24
−422%
120−130
+422%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
−453%
260−270
+453%
Valorant 110−120
−436%
600−650
+436%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 55−60
−436%
300−310
+436%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
−456%
400−450
+456%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 180−190
−456%
1000−1050
+456%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−456%
150−160
+456%
Dota 2 85−90
−429%
450−500
+429%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−448%
230−240
+448%
Fortnite 75−80
−433%
400−450
+433%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
−456%
300−310
+456%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
−450%
220−230
+450%
Grand Theft Auto V 45−50
−451%
270−280
+451%
Hogwarts Legacy 21−24
−422%
120−130
+422%
Metro Exodus 27−30
−456%
150−160
+456%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
−453%
260−270
+453%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−459%
190−200
+459%
Valorant 110−120
−436%
600−650
+436%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 55−60
−436%
300−310
+436%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−456%
150−160
+456%
Dota 2 85−90
−429%
450−500
+429%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−448%
230−240
+448%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
−456%
300−310
+456%
Hogwarts Legacy 21−24
−422%
120−130
+422%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
−453%
260−270
+453%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−459%
190−200
+459%
Valorant 110−120
−436%
600−650
+436%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 75−80
−433%
400−450
+433%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 24−27
−460%
140−150
+460%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 95−100
−415%
500−550
+415%
Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
−450%
110−120
+450%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−433%
80−85
+433%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
−426%
600−650
+426%
Valorant 130−140
−451%
750−800
+451%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 35−40
−443%
190−200
+443%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−445%
60−65
+445%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−436%
150−160
+436%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−448%
170−180
+448%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
−436%
75−80
+436%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−426%
100−105
+426%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 27−30
−436%
150−160
+436%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%
Grand Theft Auto V 24−27
−460%
140−150
+460%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−459%
95−100
+459%
Valorant 70−75
−400%
350−400
+400%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 18−20
−456%
100−105
+456%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Dota 2 45−50
−453%
260−270
+453%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−436%
75−80
+436%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−445%
120−130
+445%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
−400%
35−40
+400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−442%
65−70
+442%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 12−14
−438%
70−75
+438%

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF compete in popular games:

  • RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF is 436% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.03 67.89
Recency 10 November 2020 11 August 2025

RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF has a 464.3% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 4 years.

The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF 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 graphics card while RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF is a workstation one.

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