AMD Radeon 8040S vs Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
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AMD Radeon 8040S
Strix Halo
Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
Custom
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Radeon 8040S with 16 pipelines and 1024 shaders against the 1 year and 7 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 Radeon 8040S
- 16% higher maximum theoretical performance (5.7 vs 4.9 TFLOPS)
- Ray-tracing support with 16 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)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 76 40 31 17 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 53 44 26 14 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 84 60 39 15 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 61 49 35 16 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 33 26 20 10 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 49 41 31 15 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 33 25 18 10 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 32 29 17 - |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 65 55 32 17 |
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| 1080p High | 54 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 41 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 28 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 13 | - |
| Margin of Error | High | High |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
GeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 106.8 img/sec | - |
| Face Detection | 43.8 img/sec | - |
| Horizon Detection | 1.12 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge Detection | 1.17 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.07 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature Matching | 0.5 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo Matching | 163 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle Physics | 5820.4 FPS | - |
| API | OpenCL | - |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1052 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 80 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 47 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 5138 Ops/s | - |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon 8040S and Apple M6 GPU (12-core)General
| Vendor | Amd | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | August 25, 2026 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.5 | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Strix Halo | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop | - Adreno X2-90 |
| Recommended CPU | - AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 or above | - Apple M6 (12-Core) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 480 - AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 |
- Apple M6 (12-Core) |
Laptop GPU ranking (77th and 27th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1295 MHz | - |
| Boost Clock | 2800 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 1536 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 64 | 96 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 16 | 192 |
| Tensor Cores | No | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 16 | No |
| L2 Cache | 2MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 90 GPixel/s | 128 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 179 GTexel/s | 154 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 55 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 2 nm |
| Die Size | 308 mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | 100°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | - | 10667 MHz |
| Bus | - | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | - |
| CUDA | No | No |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1a | - |
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