Radeon R7 A265 vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Aggregate performance score

We've compared M1 8-Core GPU and Radeon R7 A265, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU
2020
14.49
+462%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU outperforms R7 A265 by a whopping 462% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking360822
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameno dataOpal
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)9 January 2014 (10 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 cores8384
Core clock speed1278 MHz725 MHz
Boost clock speedno data825 MHz
Number of transistorsno data950 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm28 nm
Texture fill rateno data19.80
Floating-point processing powerno data0.6336 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data24

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 3.0 x8

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 dataDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data2 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data28.8 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131

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 HD29
+480%
5−6
−480%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+540%
5−6
−540%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+475%
4−5
−475%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+475%
8−9
−475%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+550%
6−7
−550%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+475%
16−18
−475%
Hitman 3 27−30
+575%
4−5
−575%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+500%
12−14
−500%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+488%
8−9
−488%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+550%
6−7
−550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+475%
8−9
−475%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+533%
12−14
−533%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+540%
5−6
−540%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+475%
4−5
−475%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+475%
8−9
−475%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+550%
6−7
−550%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+475%
16−18
−475%
Hitman 3 27−30
+575%
4−5
−575%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+500%
12−14
−500%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+488%
8−9
−488%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+550%
6−7
−550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+475%
8−9
−475%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+467%
6−7
−467%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+533%
12−14
−533%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+540%
5−6
−540%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+475%
4−5
−475%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+475%
16−18
−475%
Hitman 3 27−30
+575%
4−5
−575%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+500%
12−14
−500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+475%
8−9
−475%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+467%
6−7
−467%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+533%
12−14
−533%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+550%
6−7
−550%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+575%
4−5
−575%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+500%
12−14
−500%
Hitman 3 16−18
+467%
3−4
−467%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+480%
5−6
−480%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+521%
14−16
−521%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+475%
4−5
−475%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Hitman 3 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
+475%
12−14
−475%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+550%
2−3
−550%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+550%
2−3
−550%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+550%
2−3
−550%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+550%
2−3
−550%

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and R7 A265 compete in popular games:

  • Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 480% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.49 2.58
Recency 10 November 2020 9 January 2014
Chip lithography 5 nm 28 nm

Apple M1 8-Core GPU has a 461.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The M1 8-Core GPU is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 A265 in performance tests.


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