Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Radeon RX 5700
Aggregated performance score
Radeon RX 5700 outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 167% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary Details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 118 | 344 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation | 79.97 | no data |
| Architecture | Navi / RDNA (2019−2020) | no data |
| GPU code name | Navi 10 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 July 2019 (4 years ago) | 10 November 2020 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | no data |
| Current price | $116 (0.3x 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 | 2304 | 8 |
| Core clock speed | 1465 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1725 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 10,300 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 180 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 248.4 | no data |
Form Factor & Compatibility
Information on Radeon RX 5700 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 4.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | 268 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | no data |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | no 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 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 | 6.5 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Radeon RX 5700 outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 167% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
3DMark Ice Storm GPU
Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.
Benchmark coverage: 8%
Radeon RX 5700 outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 75% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.
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 | 116
+314%
| 28
−314%
|
| 1440p | 70
+192%
| 24−27
−192%
|
| 4K | 44
+175%
| 16−18
−175%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 84
+282%
|
21−24
−282%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 77
+166%
|
27−30
−166%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 97
+322%
|
21−24
−322%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 115
+140%
|
45−50
−140%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 130
+261%
|
35−40
−261%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 75
+241%
|
21−24
−241%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 156
+333%
|
35−40
−333%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 148
+289%
|
35−40
−289%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 132
+164%
|
50−55
−164%
|
| Hitman 3 | 150
+295%
|
35−40
−295%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 120
+314%
|
27−30
−314%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 109
+354%
|
24−27
−354%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 137
+407%
|
27
−407%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 108
+315%
|
24−27
−315%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 71
+145%
|
27−30
−145%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 80
+248%
|
21−24
−248%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 105
+119%
|
45−50
−119%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 103
+186%
|
35−40
−186%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 67
+205%
|
21−24
−205%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 144
+300%
|
35−40
−300%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 138
+263%
|
35−40
−263%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 130
+160%
|
50−55
−160%
|
| Hitman 3 | 130
+242%
|
35−40
−242%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 89
+207%
|
27−30
−207%
|
| Metro Exodus | 87
+295%
|
21−24
−295%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 59
+146%
|
24−27
−146%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 115
+259%
|
32
−259%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 147
+407%
|
27−30
−407%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 94
+262%
|
24−27
−262%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 60
+107%
|
27−30
−107%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 77
+235%
|
21−24
−235%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 97
+102%
|
45−50
−102%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 58
+164%
|
21−24
−164%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 135
+275%
|
35−40
−275%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 124
+226%
|
35−40
−226%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 118
+136%
|
50−55
−136%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 91
+214%
|
27−30
−214%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 58
+123%
|
24−27
−123%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 68
+240%
|
20−22
−240%
|
| Hitman 3 | 82
+273%
|
21−24
−273%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 59
+195%
|
20−22
−195%
|
| Metro Exodus | 51
+325%
|
12−14
−325%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 37
+270%
|
10−11
−270%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 71
+294%
|
18−20
−294%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 51
+264%
|
14−16
−264%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 53
+382%
|
10−12
−382%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 81
+179%
|
27−30
−179%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 36
+414%
|
7−8
−414%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 93
+304%
|
21−24
−304%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 94
+276%
|
24−27
−276%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 103
+281%
|
27−30
−281%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50−55
+279%
|
14−16
−279%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 38
+375%
|
8−9
−375%
|
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 38
+280%
|
10−11
−280%
|
| Hitman 3 | 46
+254%
|
12−14
−254%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 16
+60%
|
10−11
−60%
|
| Metro Exodus | 31
+343%
|
7−8
−343%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 24
+200%
|
8−9
−200%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 37
+363%
|
8−9
−363%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 48
+269%
|
12−14
−269%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 31
+288%
|
8−9
−288%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 31
+343%
|
7−8
−343%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 54
+286%
|
14−16
−286%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 15
+650%
|
2−3
−650%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 47
+327%
|
10−12
−327%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 50
+257%
|
14−16
−257%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 70
+268%
|
18−20
−268%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 11
+120%
|
5−6
−120%
|
This is how RX 5700 and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:
- RX 5700 is 314% faster than Apple M1 8-Core GPU in 1080p
- RX 5700 is 192% faster than Apple M1 8-Core GPU in 1440p
- RX 5700 is 175% faster than Apple M1 8-Core GPU in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 5700 is 650% faster than the Apple M1 8-Core GPU.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, RX 5700 surpassed Apple M1 8-Core GPU in all 68 of our tests.
Pros & Cons Summary
| Performance score | 37.45 | 14.04 |
| Recency | 7 July 2019 | 10 November 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 5 nm |
The Radeon RX 5700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon RX 5700 is a desktop 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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