Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Place in the ranking	150	356
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	24.89	no data
Power efficiency	11.37	no data
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	no data
GPU code name	Vega 10	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	14 August 2017 (7 years ago)	10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	3584	8
Core clock speed	1156 MHz	1278 MHz
Boost clock speed	1471 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	12,500 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	210 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	329.5	no data
Floating-point processing power	10.54 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	no data
TMUs	224	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	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 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	HBM2	no data
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	409.6 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D 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	1.1.125	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 Vega 56 34.25
+136%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.54

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.

RX Vega 56 412820
+47.3%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

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	115 +311%	28 −311%
1440p	75 +150%	30−35 −150%
4K	49 +172%	18−21 −172%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	3.47	no data
1440p	5.32	no data
4K	8.14	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

55−60
+168%

21−24

−168%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	77 +141%	30−35 −141%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +157%	21−24 −157%
Battlefield 5	164 +257%	45−50 −257%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70−75 +150%	27−30 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	55−60 +168%	21−24 −168%
Far Cry 5	115 +248%	30−35 −248%
Far Cry New Dawn	114 +192%	35−40 −192%
Forza Horizon 4	293 +218%	90−95 −218%
Hitman 3	70−75 +167%	27−30 −167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	140−150 +106%	70−75 −106%
Metro Exodus	144 +206%	45−50 −206%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85 +113%	35−40 −113%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	184 +300%	45−50 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +59.2%	75−80 −59.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	134 +319%	30−35 −319%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +157%	21−24 −157%
Battlefield 5	153 +233%	45−50 −233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70−75 +150%	27−30 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	55−60 +168%	21−24 −168%
Far Cry 5	92 +179%	30−35 −179%
Far Cry New Dawn	88 +126%	35−40 −126%
Forza Horizon 4	272 +196%	90−95 −196%
Hitman 3	70−75 +167%	27−30 −167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	140−150 +106%	70−75 −106%
Metro Exodus	119 +153%	45−50 −153%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85 +113%	35−40 −113%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 +165%	45−50 −165%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	70−75 +112%	30−35 −112%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +59.2%	75−80 −59.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	52 +62.5%	30−35 −62.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +157%	21−24 −157%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70−75 +150%	27−30 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	55−60 +168%	21−24 −168%
Far Cry 5	69 +109%	30−35 −109%
Forza Horizon 4	109 +18.5%	90−95 −18.5%
Hitman 3	70−75 +167%	27−30 −167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	140−150 +106%	70−75 −106%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 +165%	45−50 −165%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	74 +118%	30−35 −118%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +59.2%	75−80 −59.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

80−85
+113%

35−40

−113%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	98 +263%	27−30 −263%
Far Cry New Dawn	60 +173%	21−24 −173%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	44 +214%	14−16 −214%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +236%	10−12 −236%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +167%	14−16 −167%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +257%	7−8 −257%
Far Cry 5	46 +188%	16−18 −188%
Forza Horizon 4	268 +272%	70−75 −272%
Hitman 3	40−45 +153%	16−18 −153%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +152%	27−30 −152%
Metro Exodus	74 +208%	24−27 −208%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 +238%	24−27 −238%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +213%	14−16 −213%
Watch Dogs: Legion	170−180 +103%	85−90 −103%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

55−60
+157%

21−24

−157%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	46 +229%	14−16 −229%
Far Cry New Dawn	32 +220%	10−11 −220%
Hitman 3	27−30 +180%	10−11 −180%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +141%	65−70 −141%
Metro Exodus	46 +254%	12−14 −254%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	44 +238%	12−14 −238%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27 +238%	8−9 −238%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20−22 +186%	7−8 −186%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +200%	7−8 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Far Cry 5	23 +188%	8−9 −188%
Forza Horizon 4	59 +211%	18−20 −211%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +254%	12−14 −254%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +240%	5−6 −240%