Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2070 Super with Apple M1 8-Core GPU, including specs and performance data.

RTX 2070 Super
2019
8 GB GDDR6, 215 Watt
47.26
+225%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 225% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking70356
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation41.90no data
Power efficiency15.28no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)no data
GPU code nameTU104no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date9 July 2019 (5 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores25608
Core clock speed1605 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed1770 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Wattno data
Texture fill rate283.2no data
Floating-point processing power9.062 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs160no data
Tensor Cores320no data
Ray Tracing Cores40no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-Cno data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

RTX 2070 Super 47.26
+225%
Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.54

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.

RTX 2070 Super 521878
+86.3%
Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

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 HD133
+375%
28
−375%
1440p78
+271%
21−24
−271%
4K51
+264%
14−16
−264%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.75no data
1440p6.40no data
4K9.78no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 94
+327%
21−24
−327%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 104
+225%
30−35
−225%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 88
+283%
21−24
−283%
Battlefield 5 183
+298%
45−50
−298%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 119
+325%
27−30
−325%
Cyberpunk 2077 84
+282%
21−24
−282%
Far Cry 5 149
+352%
30−35
−352%
Far Cry New Dawn 158
+305%
35−40
−305%
Forza Horizon 4 277
+201%
90−95
−201%
Hitman 3 116
+330%
27−30
−330%
Horizon Zero Dawn 279
+288%
70−75
−288%
Metro Exodus 144
+206%
45−50
−206%
Red Dead Redemption 2 122
+213%
35−40
−213%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 203
+341%
45−50
−341%
Watch Dogs: Legion 229
+201%
75−80
−201%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 172
+438%
30−35
−438%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 74
+222%
21−24
−222%
Battlefield 5 172
+274%
45−50
−274%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120
+329%
27−30
−329%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+255%
21−24
−255%
Far Cry 5 120
+264%
30−35
−264%
Far Cry New Dawn 120
+208%
35−40
−208%
Forza Horizon 4 258
+180%
90−95
−180%
Hitman 3 113
+319%
27−30
−319%
Horizon Zero Dawn 270
+275%
70−75
−275%
Metro Exodus 144
+206%
45−50
−206%
Red Dead Redemption 2 92
+136%
35−40
−136%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 198
+330%
45−50
−330%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95−100
+185%
30−35
−185%
Watch Dogs: Legion 215
+183%
75−80
−183%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65
+103%
30−35
−103%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
+187%
21−24
−187%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 91
+225%
27−30
−225%
Cyberpunk 2077 73
+232%
21−24
−232%
Far Cry 5 83
+152%
30−35
−152%
Forza Horizon 4 153
+66.3%
90−95
−66.3%
Hitman 3 104
+285%
27−30
−285%
Horizon Zero Dawn 156
+117%
70−75
−117%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 167
+263%
45−50
−263%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100
+194%
30−35
−194%
Watch Dogs: Legion 68
−11.8%
75−80
+11.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 114
+192%
35−40
−192%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 118
+337%
27−30
−337%
Far Cry New Dawn 86
+291%
21−24
−291%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 57
+307%
14−16
−307%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
+382%
10−12
−382%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 73
+387%
14−16
−387%
Cyberpunk 2077 47
+571%
7−8
−571%
Far Cry 5 66
+313%
16−18
−313%
Forza Horizon 4 255
+254%
70−75
−254%
Hitman 3 71
+318%
16−18
−318%
Horizon Zero Dawn 118
+307%
27−30
−307%
Metro Exodus 91
+279%
24−27
−279%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 123
+413%
24−27
−413%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
+393%
14−16
−393%
Watch Dogs: Legion 215
+147%
85−90
−147%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95
+313%
21−24
−313%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 55
+293%
14−16
−293%
Far Cry New Dawn 48
+380%
10−11
−380%
Hitman 3 42
+320%
10−11
−320%
Horizon Zero Dawn 129
+87%
65−70
−87%
Metro Exodus 78
+500%
12−14
−500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 68
+423%
12−14
−423%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 39
+388%
8−9
−388%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 32
+357%
7−8
−357%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 44
+529%
7−8
−529%
Cyberpunk 2077 23
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Far Cry 5 35
+338%
8−9
−338%
Forza Horizon 4 84
+342%
18−20
−342%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65
+400%
12−14
−400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 29
+480%
5−6
−480%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 59
+354%
12−14
−354%

This is how RTX 2070 Super and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 Super is 375% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 Super is 271% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 Super is 264% 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 RTX 2070 Super is 1050% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 12% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 Super is ahead in 71 test (99%)
  • Apple M1 8-Core GPU is ahead in 1 test (1%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 47.26 14.54
Recency 9 July 2019 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm

RTX 2070 Super has a 225% higher aggregate performance score.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2070 Super 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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