Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores) vs Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores) with 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders against the 2 years and 9 months newer Apple M6 GPU (12-core) that utilizes 192 pipelines and 1536 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
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score
Scores marked with a red asterisk (**) represent initial estimates from early testing.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
- Ray-tracing support with 8 dedicated RT cores
Reasons to consider the Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 2 nm process technology
- Has 50% more shading units (1536 vs 1024)
Benchmarks
Graphics cardsโ performance in recent benchmarking appsGeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 66.6 img/sec | - |
| Face Detection | 28.4 img/sec | - |
| Horizon Detection | 0.87 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge Detection | 1.24 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.82 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature Matching | 0.3 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo Matching | 102.4 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle Physics | 6543.8 FPS | - |
| API | OpenCL | - |
Recent User Tests
Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-02-22 (Catt) | Steel Nomad Light | 2669 |
| ๐ 2026-01-15 (Ak-Dev) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 64108 |
| ๐ 2025-11-08 (Anuj) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 35379 |
Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
No benchmark results yet
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) | 2540 | - |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 7387 | - |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 4047 | - |
| Face Detection (HP) | 8563 | - |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 11171 | - |
| Text Classification (SP) | 819 | - |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 2228 | - |
| Object Detection (SP) | 2725 | - |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 7794 | - |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 34572 | - |
| Framework | ONNX | - |
| Backend | DirectML | - |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores) and Apple M6 GPU (12-core)General
| Vendor | Intel | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | December 14, 2023 | August 25, 2026 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Xe LPG | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | - | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon 760M | - Adreno X2-90 |
| Successor | - Intel Arc 140V | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 135H or above | - Apple M6 (12-Core) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Core Ultra 5 135H - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - Intel Core Ultra 7 165H - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H |
- Apple M6 (12-Core) |
Laptop GPU ranking (86th and 27th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | - |
| Boost Clock | 2200-2350 MHz (configurable) | 1600 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 1536 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 64 | 96 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 128 | 192 |
| Tensor Cores | - | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 8 | No |
| L1 Cache | 1536KB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 70-75 GPixel/s | 128 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 141-150 GTexel/s | 154 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | Custom |
| TGP | 28 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 2 nm |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | - | 10667 MHz |
| Bus | - | 128-bit |
| ECC | - | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| CUDA | - | No |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | - |
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