Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Radeon Pro Vega II
Aggregated performance score
Radeon Pro Vega II outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 185% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 98 | 344 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.1 (2018−2021) | no data |
| GPU code name | Vega 20 | no data |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 June 2019 (4 years ago) | 10 November 2020 (3 years ago) |
| Current price | $9999 | no data |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Technical specs
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 | 4096 | 8 |
| Core clock speed | 1574 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1720 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 13,230 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 475 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 440.3 | no data |
Size and compatibility
Information on Radeon Pro Vega II and Apple M1 8-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 |
| Width | Quad-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
Memory
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 | 32 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 1612 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 825.3 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | no data | + |
Video outputs and ports
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, 4x USB Type-C | no data |
| HDMI | + | no data |
API support
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 | 1.2.131 | no data |
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 | 75−80
+168%
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−168%
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Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 39.97 | 14.04 |
| Recency | 3 June 2019 | 10 November 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 5 nm |
The Radeon Pro Vega II is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega II is a workstation card while Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook 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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