Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 3090

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3090 with Apple M1 8-Core GPU, including specs and performance data.

RTX 3090
2020
24 GB GDDR6X, 350 Watt
69.35
+379%

RTX 3090 outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 379% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking24360
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.92no data
Power efficiency13.58no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA102no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 September 2020 (4 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 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 cores104968
Core clock speed1395 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed1695 MHzno data
Number of transistors28,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Wattno data
Texture fill rate556.0no data
Floating-point processing power35.58 TFLOPSno data
ROPs112no data
TMUs328no data
Tensor Cores328no data
Ray Tracing Cores82no 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 4.0 x16no data
Length336 mmno data
Width3-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-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 typeGDDR6Xno data
Maximum RAM amount24 GBno data
Memory bus width384 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1219 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth936.2 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
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2-
CUDA8.5-

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 3090 69.35
+379%
Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.49

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 3090 779348
+178%
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 HD198
+583%
29
−583%
1440p129
+438%
24−27
−438%
4K86
+438%
16−18
−438%

Cost per frame, $

1080p7.57no data
1440p11.62no data
4K17.43no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 207
+841%
21−24
−841%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 159
+397%
30−35
−397%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 114
+396%
21−24
−396%
Battlefield 5 220−230
+383%
45−50
−383%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+325%
27−30
−325%
Cyberpunk 2077 176
+700%
21−24
−700%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+255%
30−35
−255%
Far Cry New Dawn 160−170
+333%
35−40
−333%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+159%
90−95
−159%
Hitman 3 117
+333%
27−30
−333%
Horizon Zero Dawn 250−260
+251%
70−75
−251%
Metro Exodus 144
+206%
45−50
−206%
Red Dead Redemption 2 130
+233%
35−40
−233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 290−300
+535%
45−50
−535%
Watch Dogs: Legion 200
+163%
75−80
−163%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 247
+672%
30−35
−672%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 105
+357%
21−24
−357%
Battlefield 5 220−230
+383%
45−50
−383%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+325%
27−30
−325%
Cyberpunk 2077 151
+586%
21−24
−586%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+255%
30−35
−255%
Far Cry New Dawn 160−170
+333%
35−40
−333%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+159%
90−95
−159%
Hitman 3 117
+333%
27−30
−333%
Horizon Zero Dawn 250−260
+251%
70−75
−251%
Metro Exodus 144
+206%
45−50
−206%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+213%
35−40
−213%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 402
+774%
45−50
−774%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140−150
+338%
30−35
−338%
Watch Dogs: Legion 199
+162%
75−80
−162%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 108
+238%
30−35
−238%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 91
+296%
21−24
−296%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+325%
27−30
−325%
Cyberpunk 2077 134
+509%
21−24
−509%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+255%
30−35
−255%
Forza Horizon 4 217
+136%
90−95
−136%
Hitman 3 116
+330%
27−30
−330%
Horizon Zero Dawn 295
+310%
70−75
−310%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 351
+663%
45−50
−663%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 181
+432%
30−35
−432%
Watch Dogs: Legion 107
+40.8%
75−80
−40.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 129
+231%
35−40
−231%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+511%
27−30
−511%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+400%
21−24
−400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 93
+564%
14−16
−564%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 79
+618%
10−12
−618%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+440%
14−16
−440%
Cyberpunk 2077 93
+1229%
7−8
−1229%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+406%
16−18
−406%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+276%
70−75
−276%
Hitman 3 115
+576%
16−18
−576%
Horizon Zero Dawn 233
+703%
27−30
−703%
Metro Exodus 139
+479%
24−27
−479%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 266
+1008%
24−27
−1008%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 152
+913%
14−16
−913%
Watch Dogs: Legion 203
+133%
85−90
−133%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 127
+452%
21−24
−452%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+521%
14−16
−521%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+590%
10−11
−590%
Hitman 3 83
+730%
10−11
−730%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+228%
65−70
−228%
Metro Exodus 141
+985%
12−14
−985%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 153
+1077%
12−14
−1077%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70
+775%
8−9
−775%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 57
+714%
7−8
−714%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+629%
7−8
−629%
Cyberpunk 2077 46
+2200%
2−3
−2200%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+525%
8−9
−525%
Forza Horizon 4 153
+705%
18−20
−705%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 159
+1123%
12−14
−1123%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60
+1100%
5−6
−1100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 111
+754%
12−14
−754%

This is how RTX 3090 and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3090 is 583% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3090 is 438% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3090 is 438% 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 3090 is 2200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3090 surpassed Apple M1 8-Core GPU in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 69.35 14.49
Recency 1 September 2020 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm

RTX 3090 has a 378.6% higher aggregate performance score.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3090 is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3090 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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