Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Intel Arc A730M
Apple M1 8-Core GPU ► remove from comparison
The Apple M1 GPU is an integrated graphics card offering 8 cores (1 deactivated core in the entry MacBook Air) designed by Apple and integrated in the Apple M1 SoC . According to Apple it is faster and more energy efficient as competing products (like the Tiger Lake Xe GPU ). The peak performance of the high end variant is 2.6 teraflops and thanks to the unified memory architecture it should have fast access to the RAM.
The Apple M1 is manufactured in the modern 5nm process at TSMC and should offer an excellent energy efficiency. According to internal tools, the M1 GPU uses under load approximately 10 Watt (11.5 Watt package power including the RAM).
Intel Arc A730M ► remove from comparison
The Intel Arc A730M (device ID 5691) is a dedicated mobile lower- mid-range graphics card for laptops based on Xe HPG microarchitecture. It uses the ACM-G10 chip and offers 24 of the 32 Xe-cores (384 ALUs), 24 ray tracing units and a 192-bit memory bus for 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory. The cores can clock from 300 MHz (low frequency mode) to 1100 MHz (high frequency) or in short bursts 2050 MHz (Turbo). The chip integrates 21.7 billion transistors, uses a BGA2660 package (soldered), and the die measures 406 mm2.
The performance of the Arc A730M is not yet known. The power consumption is similar to a RTX 3060 and therefore we see the performance slightly below a RTX 3060 mobile .
The chip also integrates two media engines for VP9, AVC, HEVC, and AV1 8k en- and decoding. The 4 display pipes support up to 4x 4k120 HDR via DMI 2.0B or DisplayPort 2.0 10G.
The A730M is produced in 6nm at TSMC (N6 process) and supports dynamic power share (using Deep Link) with 12th gen Intel CPUs (Alder Lake).
Apple M1 8-Core GPU Intel Arc A730M Arc Series Arc A770 4096 @ 2.1 - 2.4 GHz 256 Bit @ 16000 MHz Arc A750 3584 @ 2.05 - 2.4 GHz 256 Bit @ 16000 MHz Arc A580 3072 @ 1.7 - 2 GHz 256 Bit @ 16000 MHz A770M 4096 @ 1.65 GHz 256 Bit @ 16000 MHz A730M 3072 @ 1.1 GHz 192 Bit @ 14000 MHz A570M 16 @ 0.9 - 1.3 GHz 128 Bit @ 14000 MHz A550M 16 @ 0.9 - 2.01 GHz 128 Bit @ 14000 MHz A530M 12 @ 0.9 - 1.3 GHz 128 Bit @ 14000 MHz A370M 8 @ 1.55 GHz 64 Bit @ 14000 MHz Arc A380 1024 @ 2 GHz 96 Bit @ 15500 MHz A310 6 @ 2 GHz 64 Bit @ 15500 MHz A350M 6 @ 1.15 GHz 64 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Pipelines 8 - unified 3072 - unified Core Speed 1278 MHz 1100 MHz Theoretical Performance 2.6 TFLOPS FP32 Memory Type LPDDR4X-4266 GDDR6 Shared Memory no no Power Consumption 10 Watt 120 Watt (80 - 120 Watt TGP) technology 5 nm 6 nm Date of Announcement 10.11.2020 30.03.2022 Codename Alchemist Architecture Xe HPG Raytracing Cores 24 Cache L1: 4.5 MB, L2: 16 MB Memory Speed 14000 MHz Memory Bus Width 192 Bit Max. Amount of Memory 12 GB Memory Bandwidth 336 GB/s API DirectX 12_2, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3 Transistors 21.7 Billion Die Size 406 mm² PCIe 4 16x Displays 4 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.0b, DisplayPort 2.0 10G Ready Notebook Size medium sized Link to Manufacturer Page ark.intel.com
CPU in M1 8-Core GPU GPU Base Speed GPU Boost / Turbo Apple M1 8 x 2064 MHz ? MHz ? MHz
Benchmarks Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - A730M
9.7 pt (29%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 7653 avg: 9041 median: 8919.5 (26%) max: 10670 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W TDP 120 W 100% 78% 89%
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 7212 avg: 8798 median: 8813 (23%) max: 10352 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W TDP 120 W 100% 76% 94%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
280200 Points (32%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value Apple Mac Mini Late 2020 (M1, 16GB) M1 M1 8-Core GPU 16 GB 280200
467230 Points (53%)
GPU TDP ? TDP 120 W 60% 100%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
309114 Points (40%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 42200 avg: 44782 median: 45257 (48%) max: 46415 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W TDP 120 W 98% 100% 91%
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 75370 avg: 86896 median: 83396 (22%) max: 105420 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W TDP 120 W 72% 86% 100%
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 16910 avg: 18480 median: 18213.5 (32%) max: 20584 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W TDP 120 W 100% 91% 86%
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 19850 avg: 21265 median: 21294 (24%) max: 22620 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W TDP 120 W 94% 88% 100%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 131746 avg: 207940 median: 134036 (16%) max: 358039 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 120 W 37% 100%
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
min: 7588 avg: 10635 median: 10635 (46%) max: 13682 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
min: 35978 avg: 39365 median: 39364.5 (87%) max: 42751 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 8911 avg: 9606 median: 9605.5 (48%) max: 10300 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
25707 Points (77%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 17731 avg: 18099 median: 18177 (9%) max: 18326 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 4144 avg: 4696 median: 4821 (6%) max: 4997 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 23160 avg: 24539 median: 24285.5 (34%) max: 26424 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W TDP 120 W 100% 91% 96%
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 24928 avg: 28692 median: 29144 (25%) max: 31551 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W TDP 120 W 92% 79% 100%
3DMark Vantage 3DM Vant. Perf. total + Intel Arc A730M 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 62916 avg: 63380 median: 63380 (18%) max: 63844 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 120 W 100% 99%
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + Intel Arc A730M 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 64146 avg: 66003 median: 66003 (37%) max: 67860 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 120 W 95% 100%
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
43138 Points (47%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + Intel Arc A730M
min: 43017 avg: 44798 median: 44798 (59%) max: 46579 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 120 W 100% 92%
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
61 fps (20%)
SPECviewperf 12 specvp12 sw-03 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
58.8 fps (15%)
specvp12 snx-02 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
1.3 fps (0%)
specvp12 showcase-01 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
81.4 fps (18%)
specvp12 mediacal-01 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
35.3 fps (9%)
specvp12 maya-04 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
127 fps (35%)
specvp12 energy-01 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
1.8 fps (2%)
specvp12 creo-01 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
37 fps (15%)
specvp12 catia-04 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
130 fps (21%)
specvp12 3dsmax-05 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
121 fps (21%)
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
63.8 fps (17%)
specvp13 snx-03 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
2.3 fps (0%)
specvp13 showcase-02 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
83 fps (18%)
specvp13 medical-02 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
61.1 fps (13%)
specvp13 maya-05 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
230 fps (26%)
specvp13 energy-02 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
8.1 fps (3%)
specvp13 creo-02 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
72.9 fps (11%)
specvp13 catia-05 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
194 fps (22%)
specvp13 3dsmax-06 + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
122 fps (21%)
SPECviewperf 2020 specvp2020 solidworks-05 1080p + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 solidworks-05 1080p
min: 29.92 avg: 61.5 median: 61.5 (12%) max: 93.1 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W 32% 100%
specvp2020 snx-04 1080p + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 snx-04 1080p
min: 2.54 avg: 2.7 median: 2.7 (0%) max: 2.93 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W 100% 87%
specvp2020 medical-03 1080p + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 medical-03 1080p
min: 23.48 avg: 24 median: 24 (17%) max: 24.6 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W 95% 100%
specvp2020 maya-06 1080p + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 maya-06 1080p
min: 123.11 avg: 173.1 median: 173.1 (25%) max: 223.03 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W 55% 100%
specvp2020 energy-03 1080p + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 energy-03 1080p
min: 14.1 avg: 23 median: 23 (19%) max: 31.88 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W 100% 44%
specvp2020 creo-03 1080p + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 creo-03 1080p
min: 51.98 avg: 54.5 median: 54.5 (27%) max: 57 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W 91% 100%
specvp2020 catia-06 1080p + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 catia-06 1080p
min: 19.92 avg: 20.3 median: 20.3 (13%) max: 20.7 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W 96% 100%
specvp2020 3dsmax-07 1080p + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 3dsmax-07 1080p
min: 47.41 avg: 47.5 median: 47.5 (22%) max: 47.5 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W 100% 100%
specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k
37 fps (11%)
specvp2020 snx-04 4k + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 snx-04 4k
2.3 fps (0%)
specvp2020 medical-03 4k + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 medical-03 4k
11.9 fps (11%)
specvp2020 maya-06 4k + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 maya-06 4k
125 fps (20%)
specvp2020 energy-03 4k + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 energy-03 4k
17.2 fps (4%)
specvp2020 creo-03 4k + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 creo-03 4k
41.7 fps (20%)
specvp2020 catia-06 4k + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 catia-06 4k
26.4 fps (17%)
specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k + Intel Arc A730M SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k
25.8 fps (11%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Intel Arc A730M Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 15298 avg: 16779 median: 16778.5 (12%) max: 18259 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 120 W 84% 100%
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel Arc A730M Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 127.86 avg: 129 median: 129 (45%) max: 130.14 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 120 W 100% 98%
Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M1 8-Core GPU Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 88.1 avg: 89.1 median: 89.4 (5%) max: 89.8 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel Arc A730M
min: 196.3 avg: 197.6 median: 196.4 (11%) max: 200 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W TDP 120 W 59% 100% 100%
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Apple M1 8-Core GPU Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.5 % (100%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Intel Arc A730M
97.8 % (98%)
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W TDP 120 W 100% 99% 99%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
84.3 fps (34%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 60.9 avg: 74.3 median: 78.1 (14%) max: 81.7 fps
187 fps (34%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 149 avg: 196.9 median: 206 (15%) max: 216.1 fps
448 fps (33%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 150 avg: 167.4 median: 165.1 (19%) max: 197 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 216 avg: 248.2 median: 248.7 (5%) max: 275 fps
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 317 avg: 358.5 median: 345 (20%) max: 408 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M1 8-Core GPU GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 557 avg: 610 median: 588 (5%) max: 670 fps
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
min: 549301 avg: 598951 median: 598951 (75%) max: 648601 Points
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
104.6 fps (1%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official High Offscreen 2160
3.6 fps (1%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
min: 74442 avg: 74865 median: 74865 (22%) max: 75288 Points
GPU TDP 85 W TDP 120 W 100% 99%
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Vulkan
min: 74820 avg: 75687 median: 75686.5 (25%) max: 76553 Points
GPU TDP 85 W TDP 120 W 100% 98%
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
2971 Samples/s (13%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
9344 Samples/s (16%)
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
min: 12878 avg: 14039 median: 14038.5 (15%) max: 15199 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 120 W 85% 100%
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 131.6 avg: 149.8 median: 140 (20%) max: 177.9 Watt
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W TDP 120 W 109% 107% 100%
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 145.7 avg: 154.4 median: 149 (21%) max: 168.6 Watt
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W TDP 120 W 104% 104% 100%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 19.6 avg: 39.4 median: 39.4 (9%) max: 59.2 Watt
min: 155.6 avg: 160.8 median: 160.8 (35%) max: 166 Watt
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W 130% 100%
Power Consumption - GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 16 avg: 16.4 median: 16.5 (6%) max: 16.6 Watt
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
0.3 fps per Watt (29%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
0.3 fps per Watt (28%)
Power Consumption - Cyberpunk 2077 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
187.4 Watt (24%)
Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise + Intel Arc A730M Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
min: 40.5 avg: 47.1 median: 50 (80%) max: 50.65 dB(A)
GPU TDP ? TDP 85 W TDP 120 W 99% 100% 80%
Clock Speed - GPU Clock Witcher 3 ultra
1800 MHz (71%)
Average Benchmarks Apple M1 8-Core GPU → 100% n=5 Average Benchmarks Intel Arc A730M → 188% n=5
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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M1 8-Core GPU:
60 fps
100%
M1 8-Core GPU:
59 60 ~ 60 fps
100%
M1 8-Core GPU:
59 60 60 ~ 60 fps
100%
M1 8-Core GPU:
59 60 ~ 60 fps
100%
M1 8-Core GPU:
59 60 ~ 60 fps
100%
M1 8-Core GPU:
15 15 ~ 15 fps
100%
M1 8-Core GPU:
64 66 78 ~ 69 fps
100%
M1 8-Core GPU:
25 27 45 ~ 32 fps
100%
M1 8-Core GPU:
23 25 43 ~ 30 fps
100%
M1 8-Core GPU:
38 fps
100%
M1 8-Core GPU:
39 fps
100%
M1 8-Core GPU:
39 44 ~ 42 fps
100%
M1 8-Core GPU:
59 fps
100%
M1 8-Core GPU:
39.6 [X] Apple Mac Mini Late 2020 (M1, 16GB) Metal
Apple M1 2.1GHz
M1 8-Core GPU
fps
Average Gaming Apple M1 8-Core GPU → 100% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Intel Arc A730M → 222% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 236%