Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) vs Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
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Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU)
Alder Lake GT1
We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) with 64 pipelines and 512 shaders against the 5 months newer Apple M2 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 Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
- Performs significantly better (up to 3.2x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- 93% higher maximum theoretical performance (2.9 vs 1.5 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 2.4x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (29K vs 12K)
- Has 2x more shading units (1024 vs 512)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 18 - - - |
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| The Witcher 3 | 11 9 - - |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 18 10 9 - |
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| Far Cry 6 | 11 - - - |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | - - - - |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 12 10 - - |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 10 - - - |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 11 10 - - |
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| 1080p High | 12 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | - | - |
| 1440p Ultra | - | - |
| 4K Ultra | - | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 1016 | - |
| Solar Bay | - | 7316 |
| Fire Strike | 3342 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 2378 | 5676 |
| Night Raid | 13315 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 27.6 img/sec | 58.7 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 19.2 img/sec | 35.2 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.52 Gpixels/sec | 1.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 0.76 Gpixels/sec | 1.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.37 Gpixels/sec | 1.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.14 Gpixels/sec | 0.37 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 33 Gpixels/sec | 96 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 2055.2 FPS | 3825.9 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) | 1170 | 3242 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 1951 | 4890 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 1359 | 7149 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 2991 | 10340 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 5311 | 21268 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 984 | 2268 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 1138 | 1122 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 1273 | 3007 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 3655 | 13941 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 19706 | 35943 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) and Apple M2 GPU (8-core)General
| Vendor | Intel | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | January 4, 2022 | June 6, 2022 |
| 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 | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i3 1215U or above | - Apple M2 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 M2 |
Laptop GPU ranking (132nd and 90th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 850-1500 MHz (configurable) | 1398 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 1024 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 32 | 64 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 16 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 64 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores | No | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | No | - |
| L2 Cache | 1024KB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 14-24 GPixel/s | 45 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 27-48 GTexel/s | 89 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | Custom |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Manufacturing | Intel | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistor Count | - | 11.6 billion |
| Max. Temperature | - | 94°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | - | 6400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | - | 12800 Mbps |
| Bus | - | 128-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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