Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Radeon RX 7600

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Aggregate performance score

RX 7600
2023
8 GB GDDR6, 165 Watt
42.17
+200%

Radeon RX 7600 outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 200% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking80347
Place by popularity66not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation37.98no data
ArchitectureRDNA 3.0 (2022)no data
GPU code nameNavi 33no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date24 May 2023 (1 year ago)10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$269 no data
Current price$352 (1.3x MSRP)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 cores20488
Core clock speed1720 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed2655 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology6 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)165 Wattno data
Texture fill rate339.8no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 7600 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.

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8no data
Length204 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed18000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1no data
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.2no data
Vulkan1.3no 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.

RX 7600 42.17
+200%
Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.06

Radeon RX 7600 outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 200% 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%

RX 7600 646153
+131%
Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

Radeon RX 7600 outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 131% 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 HD141
+404%
28
−404%
1440p73
+204%
24−27
−204%
4K40
+233%
12−14
−233%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 148
+573%
21−24
−573%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+152%
27−30
−152%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+217%
21−24
−217%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+193%
45−50
−193%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 90−95
+210%
30−33
−210%
Cyberpunk 2077 117
+432%
21−24
−432%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+115%
35−40
−115%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+164%
35−40
−164%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+168%
45−50
−168%
Hitman 3 100−110
+228%
30−35
−228%
Horizon Zero Dawn 323
+618%
45−50
−618%
Metro Exodus 100−110
+150%
40−45
−150%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+154%
35−40
−154%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 284
+628%
35−40
−628%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+196%
24−27
−196%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+152%
27−30
−152%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+217%
21−24
−217%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+193%
45−50
−193%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 90−95
+210%
30−33
−210%
Cyberpunk 2077 100
+355%
21−24
−355%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+115%
35−40
−115%
Far Cry New Dawn 77
+97.4%
35−40
−97.4%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+168%
45−50
−168%
Hitman 3 100−110
+228%
30−35
−228%
Horizon Zero Dawn 255
+467%
45−50
−467%
Metro Exodus 154
+267%
40−45
−267%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+154%
35−40
−154%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 186
+879%
19
−879%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 210
+624%
27−30
−624%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+196%
24−27
−196%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+152%
27−30
−152%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+217%
21−24
−217%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 90−95
+210%
30−33
−210%
Cyberpunk 2077 90
+309%
21−24
−309%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+115%
35−40
−115%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+168%
45−50
−168%
Horizon Zero Dawn 172
+282%
45−50
−282%
Metro Exodus 138
+229%
40−45
−229%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 123
+324%
27−30
−324%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+196%
24−27
−196%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+154%
35−40
−154%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
+204%
27−30
−204%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
+296%
24−27
−296%
Hitman 3 55−60
+175%
20−22
−175%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+240%
10−11
−240%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+229%
14−16
−229%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
+327%
10−12
−327%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+282%
16−18
−282%
Cyberpunk 2077 56
+700%
7−8
−700%
Far Cry 5 115
+400%
21−24
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+230%
27−30
−230%
Horizon Zero Dawn 127
+338%
27−30
−338%
Metro Exodus 118
+392%
24−27
−392%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 129
+438%
24−27
−438%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 86
+514%
14−16
−514%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+388%
8−9
−388%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 60−65
+113%
30−33
−113%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+293%
14−16
−293%
Hitman 3 35−40
+250%
10−11
−250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+267%
14−16
−267%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 42
+425%
8−9
−425%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 59
+354%
12−14
−354%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+263%
8−9
−263%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
+286%
7−8
−286%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+264%
14−16
−264%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+356%
9−10
−356%
Cyberpunk 2077 24
+1100%
2−3
−1100%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+211%
18−20
−211%
Horizon Zero Dawn 72
+380%
14−16
−380%
Metro Exodus 62
+377%
12−14
−377%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+192%
12−14
−192%

This is how RX 7600 and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • RX 7600 is 404% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7600 is 204% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7600 is 233% faster 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 7600 is 1100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 7600 surpassed Apple M1 8-Core GPU in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 42.17 14.06
Recency 24 May 2023 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 6 nm 5 nm

The Radeon RX 7600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 7600 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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