Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	274	not rated
Place by popularity	62	not in top-100
Power efficiency	9.26	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	no data
GPU code name	Polaris 20	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	15 October 2018 (6 years ago)	10 November 2020 (4 years ago)

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	2048	16
Core clock speed	1168 MHz	1296 MHz
Boost clock speed	1284 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	164.4	no data
Floating-point processing power	5.259 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	128	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
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	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	GDDR5	LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	224.0 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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	no data
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 October 2018	10 November 2020
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	10 Watt

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