Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Arc 8-Cores iGPU

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking284not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureXe LPGno data
GPU code nameMeteor Lake iGPUno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date14 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 cores816
Core clock speedno data1296 MHz
Boost clock speed2300 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data10 Watt

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 dataLPDDR5-6400
Shared memory--

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_2no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 December 2023 10 November 2020

We couldn't decide between Arc 8-Cores iGPU and Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU
Arc 8-Cores iGPU
Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU
M1 Pro 16-Core GPU

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