Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Aggregate performance score

GTX 1080 Ti
2017
11 GB GDDR5X, 250 Watt
48.01
+241%

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 241% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking59347
Place by popularity48not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation27.31no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)no data
GPU code nameGP102no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date28 February 2017 (7 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data
Current price$321 (0.5x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores35848
Core clock speed1481 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHzno data
Number of transistors11,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature91 °Cno data
Texture fill rate354.4no data
Floating-point performance11,340 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length10.5" (26.7 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data
SLI options+no data

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 typeGDDR5Xno data
Maximum RAM amount11 GBno data
Memory bus width352 Bitno data
Memory clock speed11000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth484.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+no data
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost3.0no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+no data
CUDA+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.

GTX 1080 Ti 48.01
+241%
Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.06

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 241% 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%

GTX 1080 Ti 394694
+40.9%
Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 41% 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 HD128
+357%
28
−357%
1440p87
+263%
24−27
−263%
4K70
+289%
18−21
−289%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+300%
21−24
−300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100
+245%
27−30
−245%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80−85
+261%
21−24
−261%
Battlefield 5 162
+252%
45−50
−252%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+250%
30−33
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+300%
21−24
−300%
Far Cry 5 122
+213%
35−40
−213%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+190%
35−40
−190%
Forza Horizon 4 147
+206%
45−50
−206%
Hitman 3 110−120
+269%
30−35
−269%
Horizon Zero Dawn 213
+373%
45−50
−373%
Metro Exodus 144
+243%
40−45
−243%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−110
+174%
35−40
−174%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 247
+533%
35−40
−533%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+235%
24−27
−235%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 90
+210%
27−30
−210%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80−85
+261%
21−24
−261%
Battlefield 5 147
+220%
45−50
−220%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+250%
30−33
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+300%
21−24
−300%
Far Cry 5 86
+121%
35−40
−121%
Far Cry New Dawn 110
+182%
35−40
−182%
Forza Horizon 4 145
+202%
45−50
−202%
Hitman 3 110−120
+269%
30−35
−269%
Horizon Zero Dawn 207
+360%
45−50
−360%
Metro Exodus 102
+143%
40−45
−143%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−110
+174%
35−40
−174%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 153
+705%
19
−705%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 120−130
+345%
27−30
−345%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+235%
24−27
−235%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 71
+145%
27−30
−145%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80−85
+261%
21−24
−261%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 81
+170%
30−33
−170%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+300%
21−24
−300%
Far Cry 5 73
+87.2%
35−40
−87.2%
Forza Horizon 4 120
+150%
45−50
−150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 153
+240%
45−50
−240%
Metro Exodus 94
+124%
40−45
−124%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 98
+238%
27−30
−238%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+235%
24−27
−235%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 121
+210%
35−40
−210%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 108
+300%
27−30
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 112
+348%
24−27
−348%
Hitman 3 60−65
+205%
20−22
−205%
Red Dead Redemption 2 41
+310%
10−11
−310%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 62
+343%
14−16
−343%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
+400%
10−12
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 78
+359%
16−18
−359%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+500%
7−8
−500%
Far Cry 5 97
+322%
21−24
−322%
Forza Horizon 4 102
+278%
27−30
−278%
Horizon Zero Dawn 118
+307%
27−30
−307%
Metro Exodus 88
+267%
24−27
−267%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 123
+392%
24−27
−392%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+436%
14−16
−436%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+411%
9−10
−411%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 72
+140%
30−33
−140%
Far Cry New Dawn 60
+329%
14−16
−329%
Hitman 3 40−45
+300%
10−11
−300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
+333%
14−16
−333%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 41
+413%
8−9
−413%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 72
+454%
12−14
−454%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40
+400%
8−9
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+357%
7−8
−357%
Battlefield 5 70
+400%
14−16
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 53
+489%
9−10
−489%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Forza Horizon 4 75
+295%
18−20
−295%
Horizon Zero Dawn 72
+380%
14−16
−380%
Metro Exodus 57
+338%
12−14
−338%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
+420%
5−6
−420%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 49
+277%
12−14
−277%

This is how GTX 1080 Ti and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1080 Ti is 357% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1080 Ti is 263% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1080 Ti is 289% faster in 4K

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1080 Ti is 850% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 1080 Ti surpassed Apple M1 8-Core GPU in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 48.01 14.06
Recency 28 February 2017 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm

The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is a desktop card while Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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