UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Apple M1 8-Core GPU and UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU
2020
14.08
+518%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU outperforms UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) by a whopping 518% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking347815
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataGen. 12 (2021)
GPU code nameno dataTiger Lake Xe
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date10 November 2020 (3 years ago)30 March 2021 (3 years 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 cores816
Core clock speed1278 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1450 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 14.08
+518%
UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 2.28

Apple M1 8-Core GPU outperforms UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) by 518% 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
+333%
UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 64701

Apple M1 8-Core GPU outperforms UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) by 333% 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 HD26
+136%
11
−136%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Battlefield 5 45−50 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24 no data
Far Cry 5 30−35 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40 no data
Forza Horizon 4 65−70 no data
Hitman 3 27−30 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60 no data
Metro Exodus 45−50
+571%
7−8
−571%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50 no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Battlefield 5 45−50 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24 no data
Far Cry 5 30−35 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40 no data
Forza Horizon 4 65−70 no data
Hitman 3 27−30 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60 no data
Metro Exodus 45−50 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50 no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24 no data
Far Cry 5 30−35 no data
Forza Horizon 4 65−70 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50 no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40 no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27 no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8 no data
Far Cry 5 21−24 no data
Forza Horizon 4 27−30 no data
Hitman 3 16−18 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30 no data
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 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10 no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24 no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11 no data
Hitman 3 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16 no data
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 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 8−9 no data
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16 no data
Metro Exodus 12−14 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6 no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14 no data

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) compete in popular games:

  • Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 136% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.08 2.28
Recency 10 November 2020 30 March 2021
Chip lithography 5 nm 10 nm

The Apple M1 8-Core GPU is our recommended choice as it beats the UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) in performance tests.


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