Radeon RX 480 vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Place in the ranking	360	250
Place by popularity	not in top-100	94
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	15.81
Power efficiency	no data	10.21
Architecture	no data	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	no data	Ellesmere
GCN generation	no data	4th Gen
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	10 November 2020 (4 years ago)	29 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$229

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	8	2304
Compute units	no data	36
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	1120 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1266 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	182.3
Floating-point processing power	no data	5.834 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	144

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).

Bus support	no data	n/a
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire	-	+

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	no data	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	no data	8 GB
Memory bus width	no data	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	224 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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	-	+
HDMI	-	2.0
DisplayPort support	-	1.4HDR

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	n/a
CrossFire	-	+
Enduro	-	n/a
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
HD3D	-	n/a
LiquidVR	-	+
PowerTune	-	+
TressFX	-	+
TrueAudio	-	n/a
ZeroCore	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	no data	4.5
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	-	+
Mantle	-	n/a

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.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.49

RX 480 22.34
+54.2%

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.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

RX 480 383333
+36.8%

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	29 −169%	78 +169%
1440p	30−35 −73.3%	52 +73.3%
4K	21−24 −66.7%	35 +66.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.94
1440p	no data	4.40
4K	no data	6.54

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

21−24

−63.6%

35−40
+63.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −81.3%	58 +81.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −65.2%	35−40 +65.2%
Battlefield 5	45−50 −58.7%	70−75 +58.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −60.7%	45−50 +60.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −63.6%	35−40 +63.6%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −57.6%	50−55 +57.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −51.3%	55−60 +51.3%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 −45.7%	130−140 +45.7%
Hitman 3	27−30 −63%	40−45 +63%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 −45.8%	100−110 +45.8%
Metro Exodus	45−50 −97.9%	93 +97.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 −51.3%	55−60 +51.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 −139%	110 +139%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 −27.6%	95−100 +27.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −191%	93 +191%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −65.2%	35−40 +65.2%
Battlefield 5	45−50 −4.3%	48 +4.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −60.7%	45−50 +60.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −63.6%	35−40 +63.6%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −57.6%	50−55 +57.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +25.8%	31 −25.8%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 −45.7%	130−140 +45.7%
Hitman 3	27−30 −63%	40−45 +63%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 −45.8%	100−110 +45.8%
Metro Exodus	45−50 −66%	78 +66%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 −51.3%	55−60 +51.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 −63%	75−80 +63%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −44.1%	45−50 +44.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 −27.6%	95−100 +27.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −9.4%	35 +9.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −65.2%	35−40 +65.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −60.7%	45−50 +60.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −63.6%	35−40 +63.6%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −36.4%	45 +36.4%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +19.5%	77 −19.5%
Hitman 3	27−30 −63%	40−45 +63%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 −45.8%	100−110 +45.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 −63%	75−80 +63%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −29.4%	44 +29.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 −27.6%	95−100 +27.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

−51.3%

55−60
+51.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −141%	65 +141%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −90.9%	42 +90.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −64.3%	21−24 +64.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 −90.9%	21−24 +90.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −66.7%	24−27 +66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −100%	14−16 +100%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −87.5%	30 +87.5%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 −75%	120−130 +75%
Hitman 3	16−18 −52.9%	24−27 +52.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −58.6%	45−50 +58.6%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −108%	50 +108%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −95.8%	45−50 +95.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −80%	27−30 +80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 −48.3%	120−130 +48.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

−60.9%

35−40
+60.9%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −121%	31 +121%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −110%	21 +110%
Hitman 3	10−11 −70%	16−18 +70%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 +15%	60 −15%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −92.3%	25 +92.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −108%	27 +108%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −113%	17 +113%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −87.5%	15 +87.5%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −63.2%	30−35 +63.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −100%	24−27 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

−46.2%

18−20
+46.2%

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and RX 480 compete in popular games:

RX 480 is 169% faster in 1080p
RX 480 is 73% faster in 1440p
RX 480 is 67% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 26% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 480 is 191% faster.

All in all, in popular games: