Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Place in the ranking	353	580
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	27.96
Architecture	no data	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	no data	Vega Renoir
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)	7 January 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 cores	8	384
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	15 Watt

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.

Shared memory

API compatibility

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

DirectX

no data

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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 14.54
+141%

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 6.04

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 Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.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
+53.4%

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 182608

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	28 +40%	20 −40%
1440p	65−70 +132%	28 −132%
4K	40−45 +122%	18 −122%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

21−24
+100%

−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 +100%	16 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +188%	8−9 −188%
Battlefield 5	45−50 +171%	16−18 −171%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +100%	14 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +144%	9 −144%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +136%	14−16 −136%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +117%	18−20 −117%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +124%	40−45 −124%
Hitman 3	27−30 +145%	11 −145%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 −34.7%	97 +34.7%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +104%	23 −104%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +77.3%	22 −77.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +109%	21−24 −109%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 +22.6%	62 −22.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 +100%	16−18 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +188%	8−9 −188%
Battlefield 5	45−50 +171%	16−18 −171%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +133%	12 −133%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +267%	6 −267%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +136%	14−16 −136%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +117%	18−20 −117%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +124%	40−45 −124%
Hitman 3	27−30 +108%	12−14 −108%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 −1.4%	73 +1.4%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +176%	17 −176%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +179%	14 −179%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +119%	21 −119%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +70%	20−22 −70%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 +52%	50 −52%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 +100%	16−18 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +188%	8−9 −188%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +115%	12−14 −115%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +120%	10−11 −120%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +136%	14−16 −136%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +124%	40−45 −124%
Hitman 3	27−30 +108%	12−14 −108%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +324%	17 −324%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +156%	18 −156%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +209%	11 −209%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 +49%	50−55 −49%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40
+179%

−179%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +125%	12−14 −125%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 +120%	10−11 −120%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +133%	6−7 −133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +150%	6−7 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +129%	7−8 −129%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +279%	18−20 −279%
Hitman 3	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +107%	14−16 −107%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +300%	6−7 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +1100%	2−3 −1100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +200%	5−6 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +118%	40−45 −118%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24
+109%

10−12

−109%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Hitman 3	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 +527%	11 −527%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +333%	3−4 −333%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +333%	3−4 −333%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Far Cry 5	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +217%	6−7 −217%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14
+85.7%

7−8

−85.7%

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:

Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 40% faster in 1080p
Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 132% faster in 1440p
Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 122% faster in 4K

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

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 1200% faster.
in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 35% faster.

All in all, in popular games: