Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Arc 8-Core iGPU

Place in performance ranking	280	347
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Xe LPG	no data
GPU code name	Meteor Lake iGPU	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)	10 November 2020 (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 cores	8	8
Core clock speed	no data	1278 MHz
Boost clock speed	2300 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX

12_2

no data

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.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 18.59
+32%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.08

Arc 8-Core iGPU outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 32% 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 Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.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%

Arc 8-Core iGPU 397122
+41.7%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

Arc 8-Core iGPU outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 42% 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	37 +42.3%	26 −42.3%
1440p	27 +50%	18−21 −50%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Battlefield 5	60−65	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55	no data
Forza Horizon 4	85−90	no data
Hitman 3	35−40	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	77	no data
Metro Exodus	60−65	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	71	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Battlefield 5	60−65	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55	no data
Forza Horizon 4	85−90	no data
Hitman 3	35−40	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75	no data
Metro Exodus	19	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	58	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	49	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Forza Horizon 4	85−90	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	41	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27	no data
Forza Horizon 4	35−40	no data
Hitman 3	21−24	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Metro Exodus	30−35	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	42	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16	no data
Hitman 3	14−16	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11	no data
Far Cry 5	10−11	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22	no data
Metro Exodus	18−20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9	no data