Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Titan X Pascal

Place in performance ranking	145	347
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	14.90	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	no data
GPU code name	GP102	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	25 July 2016 (7 years ago)	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,199	no data
Current price	$312 (0.3x 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 cores	3584	8
Core clock speed	1418 MHz	1278 MHz
Boost clock speed	1531 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	11,800 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	342.9	no data
Floating-point performance	10,974 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Titan X Pascal 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.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	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 type	GDDR5X	no data
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	no data
Memory bus width	384 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	10000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	480.4 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	no data
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no 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.

Titan X Pascal 33.70
+140%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.06

Titan X Pascal outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 140% 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%

Titan X Pascal 496070
+77%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

Titan X Pascal outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 77% 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	124 +343%	28 −343%
1440p	73 +143%	30−35 −143%
4K	62 +158%	24−27 −158%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

79
+259%

21−24

−259%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	104 +259%	27−30 −259%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	95 +313%	21−24 −313%
Battlefield 5	174 +278%	45−50 −278%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	108 +260%	30−33 −260%
Cyberpunk 2077	78 +255%	21−24 −255%
Far Cry 5	121 +210%	35−40 −210%
Far Cry New Dawn	138 +254%	35−40 −254%
Forza Horizon 4	127 +165%	45−50 −165%
Hitman 3	163 +409%	30−35 −409%
Horizon Zero Dawn	275 +511%	45−50 −511%
Metro Exodus	143 +240%	40−45 −240%
Red Dead Redemption 2	125 +221%	35−40 −221%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	251 +544%	35−40 −544%
Watch Dogs: Legion	104 +300%	24−27 −300%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	87 +200%	27−30 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85 +270%	21−24 −270%
Battlefield 5	165 +259%	45−50 −259%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	132 +340%	30−33 −340%
Cyberpunk 2077	69 +214%	21−24 −214%
Far Cry 5	146 +274%	35−40 −274%
Far Cry New Dawn	123 +215%	35−40 −215%
Forza Horizon 4	121 +152%	45−50 −152%
Hitman 3	84 +163%	30−35 −163%
Horizon Zero Dawn	221 +391%	45−50 −391%
Metro Exodus	140 +233%	40−45 −233%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120 +208%	35−40 −208%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	149 +684%	19 −684%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	184 +534%	27−30 −534%
Watch Dogs: Legion	91 +250%	24−27 −250%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	67 +131%	27−30 −131%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	63 +174%	21−24 −174%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75 +150%	30−33 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	59 +168%	21−24 −168%
Far Cry 5	67 +71.8%	35−40 −71.8%
Forza Horizon 4	112 +133%	45−50 −133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150 +233%	45−50 −233%
Metro Exodus	127 +202%	40−45 −202%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	95 +228%	27−30 −228%
Watch Dogs: Legion	64 +146%	24−27 −146%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

118
+203%

35−40

−203%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +137%	27−30 −137%
Far Cry New Dawn	113 +352%	24−27 −352%
Hitman 3	55 +175%	20−22 −175%
Red Dead Redemption 2	37 +270%	10−11 −270%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +164%	14−16 −164%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	51 +364%	10−12 −364%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	94 +453%	16−18 −453%
Cyberpunk 2077	38 +443%	7−8 −443%
Far Cry 5	101 +339%	21−24 −339%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +156%	27−30 −156%
Horizon Zero Dawn	118 +307%	27−30 −307%
Metro Exodus	101 +321%	24−27 −321%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	122 +388%	24−27 −388%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +221%	14−16 −221%
Watch Dogs: Legion	46 +411%	9−10 −411%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	124 +313%	30−33 −313%
Far Cry New Dawn	67 +379%	14−16 −379%
Hitman 3	39 +290%	10−11 −290%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +173%	14−16 −173%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	42 +425%	8−9 −425%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	68 +423%	12−14 −423%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	38 +375%	8−9 −375%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	32 +357%	7−8 −357%
Battlefield 5	71 +407%	14−16 −407%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	52 +478%	9−10 −478%
Cyberpunk 2077	18 +800%	2−3 −800%
Forza Horizon 4	73 +284%	18−20 −284%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70 +367%	14−16 −367%
Metro Exodus	56 +331%	12−14 −331%
Watch Dogs: Legion	26 +420%	5−6 −420%