Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) vs Apple M1 GPU (8-core)
We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) with 64 pipelines and 512 shaders against the 3 years and 1 month 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 iGPU (4-Cores)
- Ray-tracing support with 4 dedicated RT cores
Reasons to consider the Apple M1 GPU (8-core)
- 30% higher maximum theoretical performance (2.6 vs 2 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 28% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (20K vs 16K)
- Has 2x more shading units (1024 vs 512)
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Solar Bay | - | 6317 |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 4966 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 37.6 img/sec | 38.3 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 17.2 img/sec | 23 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.3 Gpixels/sec | 0.76 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 0.63 Gpixels/sec | 1.33 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.94 Gpixels/sec | 0.87 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.22 Gpixels/sec | 0.27 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 60 Gpixels/sec | 69.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 3695.9 FPS | 2766.4 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 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) | 2902 | 1400 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 5473 | 2280 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 2967 | 3402 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 6068 | 5638 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 8220 | 12027 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 609 | 2324 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 1146 | 4296 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 2766 | 1530 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 6405 | 7675 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 26796 | 17293 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | CPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) and Apple M1 GPU (8-core)General
| Vendor | Intel | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | December 14, 2023 | November 20, 2020 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Xe LPG | Apple M GPU |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon 740M | - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 125U or above | - Apple M1 or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX - Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus - Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U - Intel Core Ultra 7 255U - and 12 more |
- Apple M1 |
Laptop GPU ranking (98th and 105th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1750-2000 MHz (configurable) | 1278 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 1024 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 32 | 64 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 16 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 64 | 128 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 4 | No |
| L1 Cache | 768KB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 28-32 GPixel/s | 41 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 56-64 GTexel/s | 82 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | Custom |
| TGP | 14 W | 15 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Intel |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistor Count | - | 11.6 billion |
| Max. Temperature | - | 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 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | No |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | - |
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