Radeon RX 9070 vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

M1 7-Core GPU M1 8-Core GPU M1 GPU M1 Max 24-Core GPU M1 Max 32-Core GPU M1 Pro 14-Core GPU M1 Pro 16-Core GPU
VS
Radeon RX 5700 Radeon RX 5700 XT Radeon RX 6600 Radeon RX 6600 XT Radeon RX 6700 XT Radeon RX 7600 Radeon RX 7600 XT Radeon RX 7800 XT Radeon RX 7900 XTX Radeon RX 9060 XT Radeon RX 9070 Radeon RX 9070 XT

Aggregate performance score

We've compared M1 8-Core GPU with Radeon RX 9070, including specs and performance data.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU
2020
11.82

RX 9070 outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 370% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking39436
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data62.20
Power efficiencyno data20.05
Architectureno dataRDNA 4.0 (2025)
GPU code nameno dataNavi 48
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)6 March 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$549

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores83584
Core clock speed1278 MHz1330 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistorsno data53,900 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data220 Watt
Texture fill rateno data564.5
Floating-point processing powerno data36.13 TFLOPS
ROPsno data128
TMUsno data224
Tensor Coresno data112
Ray Tracing Coresno data56

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-pin

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 data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2518 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data644.6 GB/s
Shared memory+-
Resizable BAR-+

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 data1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.2
Vulkan-1.3
DLSS-+

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 HD28
−364%
130−140
+364%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.22

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 70−75
−324%
300−350
+324%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−448%
140−150
+448%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
−479%
130−140
+479%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
−198%
160−170
+198%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
−324%
300−350
+324%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−448%
140−150
+448%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−275%
160−170
+275%
Fortnite 70−75
−277%
270−280
+277%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
−331%
230−240
+331%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
−338%
170−180
+338%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
−479%
130−140
+479%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
−277%
170−180
+277%
Valorant 110−120
−197%
300−350
+197%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
−198%
160−170
+198%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
−324%
300−350
+324%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 170−180
−55.3%
270−280
+55.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−448%
140−150
+448%
Dota 2 85−90
−312%
350−400
+312%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−275%
160−170
+275%
Fortnite 70−75
−277%
270−280
+277%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
−331%
230−240
+331%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
−338%
170−180
+338%
Grand Theft Auto V 45−50
−233%
160−170
+233%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
−479%
130−140
+479%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−477%
150−160
+477%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
−277%
170−180
+277%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
−594%
240−250
+594%
Valorant 110−120
−197%
300−350
+197%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
−198%
160−170
+198%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−448%
140−150
+448%
Dota 2 85−90
−312%
350−400
+312%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−275%
160−170
+275%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
−331%
230−240
+331%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
−479%
130−140
+479%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
−277%
170−180
+277%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
−594%
240−250
+594%
Valorant 110−120
−197%
300−350
+197%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 70−75
−277%
270−280
+277%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 24−27
−642%
170−180
+642%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 95−100
−364%
400−450
+364%
Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
−530%
120−130
+530%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−553%
95−100
+553%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
−59.1%
170−180
+59.1%
Valorant 130−140
−185%
350−400
+185%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
−320%
140−150
+320%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−645%
80−85
+645%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−414%
140−150
+414%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−532%
190−200
+532%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
−443%
75−80
+443%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−570%
130−140
+570%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 27−30
−439%
150−160
+439%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 8−9
−888%
75−80
+888%
Grand Theft Auto V 24−27
−504%
140−150
+504%
Hogwarts Legacy 8−9
−400%
40−45
+400%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−589%
60−65
+589%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−576%
110−120
+576%
Valorant 65−70
−370%
300−350
+370%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−483%
100−110
+483%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
−888%
75−80
+888%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−680%
35−40
+680%
Dota 2 45−50
−357%
210−220
+357%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−608%
90−95
+608%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−568%
140−150
+568%
Hogwarts Legacy 8−9
−400%
40−45
+400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−700%
95−100
+700%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 12−14
−558%
75−80
+558%

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and RX 9070 compete in popular games:

  • RX 9070 is 364% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX 9070 is 888% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 9070 surpassed Apple M1 8-Core GPU in all 63 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 11.82 55.57
Recency 10 November 2020 6 March 2025

RX 9070 has a 370.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 4 years.

The Radeon RX 9070 is our recommended choice as it beats the M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook card while Radeon RX 9070 is a desktop one.

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