Radeon PRO W7900 vs Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 12 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 16.67 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 17.95 |
| Architecture | no data | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | no data | Navi 31 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 10 November 2020 (4 years ago) | 13 April 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $3,999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 cores | 14 | 6144 |
| Core clock speed | 1296 MHz | 1855 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2495 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 57,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 295 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 958.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 61.32 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 192 |
| TMUs | no data | 384 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 96 |
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).
| Interface | no data | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 280 mm |
| Width | no data | 3-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 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 type | LPDDR5-6400 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 864.0 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 Connectors | no data | 3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1 |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 November 2020 | 13 April 2023 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 295 Watt |
Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU has 1866.7% lower power consumption.
PRO W7900, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.
We couldn't decide between Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU and Radeon PRO W7900. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU is a notebook card while Radeon PRO W7900 is a 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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