Radeon RX 6700M vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Radeon RX 6700M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU
2020
14.08

RX 6700M outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 148% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking347138
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataRDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameno dataR21M-E110-70
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date10 November 2020 (3 years ago)1 September 2020 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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 cores82304
Core clock speed1278 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2300 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data135 Watt
Texture fill rateno data324.0

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Radeon RX 6700M 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 sizeno datamedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data10 GB
Memory bus widthno data160 Bit
Memory clock speedno data16000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data384.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkanno data1.2

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 HD26
−377%
124
+377%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24 no data
Battlefield 5 45−50 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24 no data
Far Cry 5 30−35 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40 no data
Forza Horizon 4 65−70 no data
Hitman 3 27−30 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60 no data
Metro Exodus 45−50 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50 no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24 no data
Battlefield 5 45−50 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24 no data
Far Cry 5 30−35 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40 no data
Forza Horizon 4 65−70 no data
Hitman 3 27−30 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60 no data
Metro Exodus 45−50 no data
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50 no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24 no data
Far Cry 5 30−35 no data
Forza Horizon 4 65−70 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50 no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40 no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27 no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8 no data
Far Cry 5 21−24 no data
Forza Horizon 4 27−30 no data
Hitman 3 16−18 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30 no data
Metro Exodus 24−27 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10 no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24 no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11 no data
Hitman 3 10−11 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14 no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 no data
Far Cry 5 8−9 no data
Forza Horizon 4 18−20 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16 no data
Metro Exodus 12−14 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6 no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14 no data

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and RX 6700M compete in popular games:

  • RX 6700M is 377% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.08 34.86
Recency 10 November 2020 1 September 2020
Chip lithography 5 nm 7 nm

The Radeon RX 6700M is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.


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