Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) vs Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)

We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) with 64 pipelines and 512 shaders against the 3 months older Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) that utilizes 256 pipelines and 2048 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
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

Key distinctions and advantages of M1 Pro GPU (16-core) over UHD Graphics (64 EU)
Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
  • Performs significantly better (up to 5.5x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 3.5x higher maximum theoretical performance (5.3 vs 1.5 TFLOPS)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
  • Achieves 3.3x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (42K vs 12K)
  • Has 4x more shading units (2048 vs 512)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
18
-
-
-
-
The Witcher 3
11
9
-
-
-
Counter-Strike 2
18
10
9
-
-
Far Cry 6
11
-
-
-
-
Hogwarts Legacy
-
-
-
-
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
12
10
-
-
-
Ghost of Tsushima
10
-
-
-
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
11
10
-
-
-
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 12 -
1080p Ultra - -
1440p Ultra - -
4K Ultra - -
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cardsโ€™ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Time Spy 1016 -
Solar Bay - 12485
Fire Strike 3342 -
Wild Life Extreme 2378 9873
Night Raid 13315 -
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 27.6 img/sec 74.5 img/sec
Face Detection 19.2 img/sec 47.3 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.52 Gpixels/sec 1.73 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 0.76 Gpixels/sec 3.32 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.37 Gpixels/sec 1.75 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.14 Gpixels/sec 0.47 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 33 Gpixels/sec 131.2 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 2055.2 FPS 5143 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Sources: Blender [9] โ€“ 502 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU)
No benchmark results yet
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Geekbench 6 OpenCL43467
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 20242423
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Steel Nomad Light4048
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-02-21 (serhii)Geekbench 6 OpenCL40932

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 1170 4112
Image Segmentation (HP) 1951 7488
Image Super Resolution (Q) 1359 9882
Face Detection (HP) 2991 14702
Pose Estimation (Q) 5311 33560
Text Classification (SP) 984 2289
Machine Translation (HP) 1138 1629
Object Detection (SP) 1273 3633
Depth Estimation (Q) 3655 16986
Style Transfer (SP) 19706 53586
Framework ONNX Core ML
Backend DirectML GPU
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]
Results were compared using different ML frameworks

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) and Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Released January 4, 2022 October 18, 2021
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Professional
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Xe architecture (Gen12) Apple M GPU
GPU Codename Alder Lake GT1 -
Rival Equivalent - Radeon 660M - GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
Successor - - Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i3 1215U or above - Apple M1 Pro or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core 7 240H
- Intel Core 3 100U
- Intel Core i3 1305U
- Intel Core i3 1315U
- Intel Core i7 13620H
- Intel Core i3 1220P
- Intel Core i3 1215U
- Intel Core i7 12650H
- Apple M1 Pro
Laptop GPU ranking (132nd and 79th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
Boost Clock 850-1500 MHz (configurable) 1296 MHz
Shading Units 512 2048
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 32 128
Render Output Units (ROPs) 16 64
Compute Units (Pipelines) 64 256
Tensor Cores No -
Ray-tracing Cores No No
L2 Cache 1024KB shared -
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 14-24 GPixel/s 83 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 27-48 GTexel/s 166 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
0.9-1.5 TFLOPS
5.3 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Ring Bus Custom
TGP 15 W 30 W
Manufacturing Intel TSMC
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
Transistor Count - 23.2 billion
Max. Temperature - 94ยฐC

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
Memory Clock - 6400 MHz
Effective Memory Speed - 12800 Mbps
Bus - 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth

API

DirectX 12 -
Vulkan 1.3 -
OpenGL 4.6 -
OpenCL 3.0 -
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a -

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