Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)no data
GPU code nameVega Kaby Lake-Gno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2018 (6 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 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 cores12807
Core clock speed931 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed1011 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattno data

Form factor & compatibility

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Laptop sizemedium sizedno 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 typeHBM2no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Shared memory-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_1no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2018 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 7-Core GPU has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 and Apple M1 7-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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