Radeon Pro 450 vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU
Aggregated performance score
Apple M1 8-Core GPU outperforms Radeon Pro 450 by 100% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 344 | 518 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Value for money | no data | 4.57 |
| Architecture | no data | Polaris (2016−2019) |
| GPU code name | no data | Polaris 11 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 10 November 2020 (3 years ago) | 27 October 2016 (7 years ago) |
| Current price | no data | $183 |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Technical specs
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 8 | 640 |
| Core clock speed | 1278 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 3,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 32.00 |
| Floating-point performance | no data | 1,024 gflops |
Size and compatibility
Information on Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Radeon Pro 450 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
Memory
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | no data | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 5080 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 81.28 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | No outputs |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| FreeSync | no data | + |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | no data | 1.2.131 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Apple M1 8-Core GPU outperforms Radeon Pro 450 by 100% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
3DMark Ice Storm GPU
Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.
Benchmark coverage: 8%
Apple M1 8-Core GPU outperforms Radeon Pro 450 by 40% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 28
+0%
| 28
+0%
|
| 4K | 35−40
+84.2%
| 19
−84.2%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24
+100%
|
10−12
−100%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 27−30
+107%
|
14−16
−107%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 21−24
+156%
|
9−10
−156%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+109%
|
21−24
−109%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 35−40
+80%
|
20−22
−80%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24
+100%
|
10−12
−100%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 35−40
+125%
|
16−18
−125%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 35−40
+124%
|
16−18
−124%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 50−55
+108%
|
24−27
−108%
|
| Hitman 3 | 35−40
+124%
|
16−18
−124%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 27−30
+107%
|
14−16
−107%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 24−27
+84.6%
|
12−14
−84.6%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 27
+68.8%
|
16−18
−68.8%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 24−27
+136%
|
10−12
−136%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 27−30
+107%
|
14−16
−107%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 21−24
+156%
|
9−10
−156%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+109%
|
21−24
−109%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 35−40
+80%
|
20−22
−80%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24
+100%
|
10−12
−100%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 35−40
+125%
|
16−18
−125%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 35−40
+124%
|
16−18
−124%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 50−55
+108%
|
24−27
−108%
|
| Hitman 3 | 35−40
+124%
|
16−18
−124%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 27−30
+107%
|
14−16
−107%
|
| Metro Exodus | 21−24
+120%
|
10−11
−120%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 24−27
+84.6%
|
12−14
−84.6%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 32
+100%
|
16−18
−100%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30
+45%
|
20
−45%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 24−27
+136%
|
10−12
−136%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 27−30
+107%
|
14−16
−107%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 21−24
+156%
|
9−10
−156%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+109%
|
21−24
−109%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24
+100%
|
10−12
−100%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 35−40
+125%
|
16−18
−125%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 35−40
+124%
|
16−18
−124%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 50−55
+108%
|
24−27
−108%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30
+107%
|
14−16
−107%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 24−27
+136%
|
10−12
−136%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 20−22
+100%
|
10−11
−100%
|
| Hitman 3 | 21−24
+100%
|
10−12
−100%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 20−22
+53.8%
|
12−14
−53.8%
|
| Metro Exodus | 12−14
+140%
|
5−6
−140%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−11
+100%
|
5−6
−100%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 18−20
+80%
|
10−11
−80%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 14−16
+133%
|
6−7
−133%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 10−12
+450%
|
2−3
−450%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30
+314%
|
7−8
−314%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
+133%
|
3−4
−133%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 21−24
+109%
|
10−12
−109%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 24−27
+178%
|
9−10
−178%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 27−30
+145%
|
10−12
−145%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14−16
+133%
|
6−7
−133%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 8−9
+300%
|
2−3
−300%
|
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−11
+100%
|
5−6
−100%
|
| Hitman 3 | 12−14
+85.7%
|
7−8
−85.7%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−11
+25%
|
8−9
−25%
|
| Metro Exodus | 7−8
+600%
|
1−2
−600%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 8−9
+100%
|
4−5
−100%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 8−9
+167%
|
3−4
−167%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14
+225%
|
4−5
−225%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 8−9
+100%
|
4−5
−100%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 7−8
+133%
|
3−4
−133%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 14−16
+367%
|
3−4
−367%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−12
+83.3%
|
6−7
−83.3%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 14−16
+55.6%
|
9−10
−55.6%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 18−20
+171%
|
7−8
−171%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 5−6
+400%
|
1−2
−400%
|
This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Pro 450 compete in popular games:
- Pro 450 is 0% faster than Apple M1 8-Core GPU in 1080p
- Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 84.2% faster than Pro 450 in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 600% faster than the Pro 450.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, Apple M1 8-Core GPU surpassed Pro 450 in all 68 of our tests.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 14.04 | 7.03 |
| Recency | 10 November 2020 | 27 October 2016 |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 14 nm |
The Apple M1 8-Core GPU is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro 450 in performance tests.
Be aware that Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro 450 is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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