Intel Arc 130T vs Apple M1 GPU (8-core)
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Intel Arc 130T
Arrow Lake iGPU
We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel Arc 130T with 7 pipelines and 896 shaders against the 4 years and 2 months older Apple M1 GPU (8-core) that utilizes 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc 130T
- Performs significantly better (up to 47%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 50% higher maximum theoretical performance (3.9 vs 2.6 TFLOPS)
- Ray-tracing support with 7 dedicated RT cores
- Achieves 74% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (36K vs 20K)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 46 26 21 10 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 37 29 22 10 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 40 28 22 - |
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| Far Cry 6 | 34 28 23 11 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 19 11 - - |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 29 27 20 11 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 22 14 11 - |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21 16 11 - |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 34 32 20 13 |
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| 1080p High | 31 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 23 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 18 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 9 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 3409 | - |
| Solar Bay | 12704 | 6317 |
| Port Royal | 1902 | - |
| Fire Strike | 8001 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 5990 | 4966 |
| Night Raid | 36940 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 70.9 img/sec | 38.3 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 34.9 img/sec | 23 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1.13 Gpixels/sec | 0.76 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.42 Gpixels/sec | 1.33 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.96 Gpixels/sec | 0.87 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.45 Gpixels/sec | 0.27 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 131.5 Gpixels/sec | 69.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 7360.9 FPS | 2766.4 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 791 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 42 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 27 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 2620 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 3978 | 1400 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 8374 | 2280 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 5792 | 3402 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 13023 | 5638 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 16149 | 12027 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 1356 | 2324 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 2594 | 4296 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 4754 | 1530 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 12040 | 7675 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 51653 | 17293 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | CPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Arc 130T and Apple M1 GPU (8-core)General
| Vendor | Intel | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | January 6, 2025 | November 20, 2020 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Professional |
| Segment | Entry-level | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Xe+ | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Arrow Lake iGPU | - |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon 840M | - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H or above | - Apple M1 or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Core Ultra 5 225H | - Apple M1 |
Laptop GPU ranking (100th and 105th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2200 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| Shading Units | 896 | 1024 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 56 | 64 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 28 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 7 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores | 112 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 7 | No |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 62 GPixel/s | 41 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 123 GTexel/s | 82 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | Custom |
| TGP | 35 W | 15 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Intel |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistor Count | - | 11.6 billion |
| Max. Temperature | 110°C | 94°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | - | 4266 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | - | 8532 Mbps |
| Bus | - | 128-bit |
| ECC | - | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| CUDA | No | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | No |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | - |
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