Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Radeon Pro Vega 56
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Pro Vega 56 with M1 8-Core GPU, including specs and performance data.
Pro 56 outperforms M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 132% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 216 | 421 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 15.58 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.71 | 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 (8 years ago) | 10 November 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 |
| L1 Cache | 896 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 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
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
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 | 96
+243%
| 28
−243%
|
| 4K | 57
+138%
| 24−27
−138%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | 4.16 | no data |
| 4K | 7.00 | no data |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 160−170
+135%
|
70−75
−135%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 65−70
+148%
|
27−30
−148%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 65−70
+183%
|
21−24
−183%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 110−120
+100%
|
55−60
−100%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 160−170
+135%
|
70−75
−135%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 65−70
+148%
|
27−30
−148%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 95−100
+131%
|
40−45
−131%
|
| Fortnite | 130−140
+84%
|
75−80
−84%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110−120
+117%
|
50−55
−117%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 95−100
+138%
|
40−45
−138%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 65−70
+183%
|
21−24
−183%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 120−130
+155%
|
45−50
−155%
|
| Valorant | 190−200
+70.5%
|
110−120
−70.5%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 110−120
+100%
|
55−60
−100%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 160−170
+135%
|
70−75
−135%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 270−280
+52.2%
|
180−190
−52.2%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 65−70
+148%
|
27−30
−148%
|
| Dota 2 | 107
+25.9%
|
85−90
−25.9%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 95−100
+131%
|
40−45
−131%
|
| Fortnite | 130−140
+84%
|
75−80
−84%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110−120
+117%
|
50−55
−117%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 95−100
+138%
|
40−45
−138%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 100−110
+114%
|
45−50
−114%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 65−70
+183%
|
21−24
−183%
|
| Metro Exodus | 65−70
+152%
|
27−30
−152%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 120−130
+155%
|
45−50
−155%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 116
+241%
|
30−35
−241%
|
| Valorant | 190−200
+70.5%
|
110−120
−70.5%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 110−120
+100%
|
55−60
−100%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 65−70
+148%
|
27−30
−148%
|
| Dota 2 | 102
+20%
|
85−90
−20%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 95−100
+131%
|
40−45
−131%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110−120
+117%
|
50−55
−117%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 65−70
+183%
|
21−24
−183%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 120−130
+155%
|
45−50
−155%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 64
+88.2%
|
30−35
−88.2%
|
| Valorant | 190−200
+70.5%
|
110−120
−70.5%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 130−140
+84%
|
75−80
−84%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 65−70
+176%
|
24−27
−176%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 210−220
+116%
|
95−100
−116%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 55−60
+190%
|
20−22
−190%
|
| Metro Exodus | 40−45
+180%
|
14−16
−180%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+53.5%
|
110−120
−53.5%
|
| Valorant | 220−230
+66.9%
|
130−140
−66.9%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85
+131%
|
35−40
−131%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−35
+191%
|
10−12
−191%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 70−75
+150%
|
27−30
−150%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 80−85
+158%
|
30−35
−158%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 30−35
+143%
|
14−16
−143%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50−55
+174%
|
18−20
−174%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 75−80
+168%
|
27−30
−168%
|
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 30−35
+256%
|
9−10
−256%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 55−60
+136%
|
24−27
−136%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 18−20
+171%
|
7−8
−171%
|
| Metro Exodus | 24−27
+189%
|
9−10
−189%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 42
+147%
|
16−18
−147%
|
| Valorant | 180−190
+157%
|
70−75
−157%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+161%
|
18−20
−161%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 30−35
+256%
|
9−10
−256%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 14−16
+250%
|
4−5
−250%
|
| Dota 2 | 96
+104%
|
45−50
−104%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 35−40
+164%
|
14−16
−164%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 50−55
+145%
|
21−24
−145%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 18−20
+171%
|
7−8
−171%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 35−40
+192%
|
12−14
−192%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 35−40
+169%
|
12−14
−169%
|
This is how Pro Vega 56 and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:
- Pro Vega 56 is 243% faster in 1080p
- Pro Vega 56 is 138% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Pro Vega 56 is 256% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, Pro Vega 56 surpassed Apple M1 8-Core GPU in all 66 of our tests.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 27.94 | 12.03 |
| Recency | 14 August 2017 | 10 November 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
Pro Vega 56 has a 132.3% higher aggregate performance score.
Apple M1 8-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon Pro Vega 56 is our recommended choice as it beats the M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega 56 is a mobile workstation graphics card while Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a mobile workstation one.
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