Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU vs Radeon Pro Vega 64X

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking115not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation70.55no data
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)no data
GPU code nameVega 10no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date19 March 2019 (5 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price$366 no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores409632
Core clock speed1250 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1468 MHzno data
Number of transistors12,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt44 Watt
Texture fill rate375.8no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon Pro Vega 64X and Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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.

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeHBM2LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width2048 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth512.0 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

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 outputsno data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.1.125no data

Pros & Cons Summary


Recency 19 March 2019 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 44 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro Vega 64X and Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega 64X is a mobile workstation card while Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU is a mobile workstation one.


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