UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Aggregate performance score

Apple M1 8-Core GPU
2020
14.07
+501%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU outperforms UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) by a whopping 501% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking347811
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataGen. 12 (2021)
GPU code nameno dataAlder Lake Xe
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date10 November 2020 (3 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores824
Core clock speed1278 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speedno data750 MHz
Manufacturing process technology5 nm10 nm

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.

Shared memory++

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12_1

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 14.07
+501%
UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) 2.34

Apple M1 8-Core GPU outperforms UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) by 501% 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
+403%
UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) 55681

Apple M1 8-Core GPU outperforms UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) by 403% 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 HD28
+300%
7
−300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+867%
3−4
−867%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+1433%
3−4
−1433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+333%
9−10
−333%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+1200%
3−4
−1200%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+433%
9−10
−433%
Hitman 3 30−35
+433%
6−7
−433%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+318%
11
−318%
Metro Exodus 40−45 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+680%
5−6
−680%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+290%
10
−290%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
+1200%
2−3
−1200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+867%
3−4
−867%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+1433%
3−4
−1433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+225%
12
−225%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+1200%
3
−1200%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+433%
9−10
−433%
Hitman 3 30−35
+433%
6−7
−433%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+475%
8
−475%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+600%
6
−600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+680%
5−6
−680%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 19
+280%
5
−280%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+263%
8
−263%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
+1200%
2−3
−1200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+867%
3−4
−867%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+333%
9−10
−333%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+433%
9−10
−433%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+207%
14−16
−207%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+600%
6
−600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+480%
5
−480%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
+1200%
2−3
−1200%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+680%
5−6
−680%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+575%
4−5
−575%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+1200%
2−3
−1200%
Hitman 3 20−22
+567%
3−4
−567%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+475%
4−5
−475%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+383%
6−7
−383%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+525%
4−5
−525%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10 0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 30−33
+275%
8−9
−275%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Hitman 3 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+550%
2−3
−550%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Battlefield 5 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) compete in popular games:

  • Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 300% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 1433% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, Apple M1 8-Core GPU surpassed UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) in all 48 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.07 2.34
Recency 10 November 2020 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 5 nm 10 nm

The Apple M1 8-Core GPU is our recommended choice as it beats the UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) in performance tests.


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