Radeon Pro 5700 XT vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Apple M1 8-Core GPU with Radeon Pro 5700 XT, including specs and performance data.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU
2020
14.54

Pro 5700 XT outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 125% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking353161
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data17.41
Architectureno dataRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameno dataNavi 10
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date10 November 2020 (3 years ago)4 August 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 cores82560
Core clock speed1278 MHz1243 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1499 MHz
Number of transistorsno data10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data130 Watt
Texture fill rateno data239.8
Floating-point processing powerno data7.675 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data160

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data384.0 GB/s
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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2

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 HD28
−114%
60−65
+114%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−105%
45−50
+105%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−119%
70−75
+119%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−117%
50−55
+117%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−117%
100−105
+117%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−114%
60−65
+114%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−105%
45−50
+105%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−112%
70−75
+112%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−118%
85−90
+118%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−117%
200−210
+117%
Hitman 3 27−30
−122%
60−65
+122%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−122%
160−170
+122%
Metro Exodus 45−50
−113%
100−105
+113%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−118%
85−90
+118%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−117%
100−105
+117%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−124%
170−180
+124%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−119%
70−75
+119%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−117%
50−55
+117%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−117%
100−105
+117%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−114%
60−65
+114%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−105%
45−50
+105%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−112%
70−75
+112%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−118%
85−90
+118%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−117%
200−210
+117%
Hitman 3 27−30
−122%
60−65
+122%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−122%
160−170
+122%
Metro Exodus 45−50
−113%
100−105
+113%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−118%
85−90
+118%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−117%
100−105
+117%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−121%
75−80
+121%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−124%
170−180
+124%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−119%
70−75
+119%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−117%
50−55
+117%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−114%
60−65
+114%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−105%
45−50
+105%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−112%
70−75
+112%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−117%
200−210
+117%
Hitman 3 27−30
−122%
60−65
+122%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−122%
160−170
+122%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−117%
100−105
+117%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−121%
75−80
+121%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−124%
170−180
+124%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−118%
85−90
+118%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−122%
60−65
+122%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−105%
45−50
+105%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−114%
30−33
+114%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
−118%
24−27
+118%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−100%
30−33
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−119%
35−40
+119%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−122%
160−170
+122%
Hitman 3 16−18
−106%
35−40
+106%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−124%
65−70
+124%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−108%
50−55
+108%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−108%
50−55
+108%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−100%
30−33
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
−118%
190−200
+118%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−117%
50−55
+117%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
−114%
30−33
+114%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−110%
21−24
+110%
Hitman 3 10−11
−110%
21−24
+110%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
−117%
150−160
+117%
Metro Exodus 12−14
−108%
27−30
+108%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−108%
27−30
+108%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−111%
40−45
+111%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−108%
27−30
+108%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−108%
27−30
+108%

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Pro 5700 XT compete in popular games:

  • Pro 5700 XT is 114% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.54 32.69
Recency 10 November 2020 4 August 2020
Chip lithography 5 nm 7 nm

Apple M1 8-Core GPU has an age advantage of 3 months, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

Pro 5700 XT, on the other hand, has a 124.8% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon Pro 5700 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook card while Radeon Pro 5700 XT is a workstation one.


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