Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Radeon Pro Vega 56

Place in the ranking	174	378
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	45.81	no data
Power efficiency	10.56	no data
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	no data
GPU code name	Vega 10	no data
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	14 August 2017 (7 years ago)	10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores	3584	8
Core clock speed	1138 MHz	1278 MHz
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	12,500 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	210 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	280.0	no data
Floating-point processing power	8.96 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	no data
TMUs	224	no data

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	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	HBM2	no data
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	786 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	402.4 GB/s	no data
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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	no data
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.1.125	-

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	100 +270%	27 −270%
4K	61 +154%	24−27 −154%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	3.99	no data
4K	6.54	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	60−65 +163%	24−27 −163%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +148%	27−30 −148%
Elden Ring	100−110 +166%	40−45 −166%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	90−95 +104%	45−50 −104%
Counter-Strike 2	60−65 +163%	24−27 −163%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +148%	27−30 −148%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +171%	55−60 −171%
Metro Exodus	80−85 +119%	35−40 −119%
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70 +94.1%	30−35 −94.1%
Valorant	120−130 +137%	50−55 −137%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	90−95 +104%	45−50 −104%
Counter-Strike 2	60−65 +163%	24−27 −163%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +148%	27−30 −148%
Dota 2	36 −36.1%	45−50 +36.1%
Elden Ring	100−110 +166%	40−45 −166%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +69.2%	50−55 −69.2%
Fortnite	150−160 +94.8%	75−80 −94.8%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +171%	55−60 −171%
Grand Theft Auto V	100−110 +114%	45−50 −114%
Metro Exodus	80−85 +119%	35−40 −119%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	180−190 +83%	100−105 −83%
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70 +94.1%	30−35 −94.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	100−110 +160%	40−45 −160%
Valorant	120−130 +137%	50−55 −137%
World of Tanks	270−280 +51.6%	180−190 −51.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	90−95 +104%	45−50 −104%
Counter-Strike 2	60−65 +163%	24−27 −163%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +148%	27−30 −148%
Dota 2	102 +108%	45−50 −108%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +69.2%	50−55 −69.2%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +171%	55−60 −171%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	180−190 +83%	100−105 −83%
Valorant	120−130 +137%	50−55 −137%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	55−60 +200%	18−20 −200%
Elden Ring	60−65 +190%	21−24 −190%
Grand Theft Auto V	55−60 +185%	20−22 −185%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +60.6%	100−110 −60.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +158%	12−14 −158%
World of Tanks	200−210 +113%	95−100 −113%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +130%	27−30 −130%
Counter-Strike 2	30−33 +150%	12−14 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 +200%	10−11 −200%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +216%	30−35 −216%
Forza Horizon 4	85−90 +170%	30−35 −170%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +148%	27−30 −148%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 +206%	16−18 −206%
Valorant	90−95 +174%	30−35 −174%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +244%	9−10 −244%
Dota 2	55−60 +146%	24−27 −146%
Elden Ring	27−30 +211%	9−10 −211%
Grand Theft Auto V	55−60 +146%	24−27 −146%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +189%	9−10 −189%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−110 +153%	40−45 −153%
Red Dead Redemption 2	20−22 +122%	9−10 −122%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +146%	24−27 −146%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +177%	12−14 −177%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +244%	9−10 −244%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +200%	4−5 −200%
Dota 2	96 +300%	24−27 −300%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +165%	16−18 −165%
Fortnite	40−45 +187%	14−16 −187%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +168%	18−20 −168%
Valorant	45−50 +213%	14−16 −213%

This is how Pro Vega 56 and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

Pro Vega 56 is 270% faster in 1080p
Pro Vega 56 is 154% faster in 4K

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

in Dota 2, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro Vega 56 is 300% faster.
in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 36% faster.

All in all, in popular games: