Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Radeon Pro Vega 56

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	164	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.97	no data
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)	no data
GPU code name	Vega	no data
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	14 December 2017 (6 years ago)	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data
Current price	$4999 (12.5x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	3584	16
Core clock speed	1247 MHz	1296 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	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	280.0	no data
Floating-point performance	9,677 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon Pro Vega 56 and Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	IGP	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	LPDDR5-6400
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	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 December 2017	10 November 2020
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	210 Watt	10 Watt

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