Radeon Vega 7 vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Radeon Vega 7, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU
2020
14.49
+94%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU outperforms Vega 7 by an impressive 94% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking360532
Place by popularitynot in top-10018
Power efficiencyno data11.38
Architectureno dataGCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameno dataCezanne
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)13 April 2021 (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 cores8448
Core clock speed1278 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1900 MHz
Number of transistorsno data9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data45 Watt
Texture fill rateno data53.20
Floating-point processing powerno data1.702 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data28

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 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 dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus widthno dataSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
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 data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
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 HD29
+31.8%
22
−31.8%
1440p60−65
+87.5%
32
−87.5%
4K30−35
+87.5%
16
−87.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+120%
10−11
−120%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+130%
10−11
−130%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+119%
21−24
−119%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+100%
14−16
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+120%
10−11
−120%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+106%
16−18
−106%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+117%
18−20
−117%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+104%
45−50
−104%
Hitman 3 27−30
+125%
12−14
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+106%
35−40
−106%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+95.8%
24−27
−95.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+117%
18−20
−117%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+119%
21−24
−119%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+117%
35−40
−117%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+130%
10−11
−130%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+119%
21−24
−119%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+100%
14−16
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+120%
10−11
−120%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+106%
16−18
−106%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+117%
18−20
−117%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+104%
45−50
−104%
Hitman 3 27−30
+125%
12−14
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+106%
35−40
−106%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+95.8%
24−27
−95.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+117%
18−20
−117%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+119%
21−24
−119%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+113%
16−18
−113%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+117%
35−40
−117%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+130%
10−11
−130%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+100%
14−16
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+120%
10−11
−120%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+106%
16−18
−106%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+104%
45−50
−104%
Hitman 3 27−30
+125%
12−14
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+106%
35−40
−106%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+119%
21−24
−119%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+113%
16−18
−113%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+117%
35−40
−117%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+117%
18−20
−117%

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
+100%
7−8
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+106%
35−40
−106%
Hitman 3 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+107%
14−16
−107%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+100%
12−14
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+100%
12−14
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+118%
40−45
−118%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+130%
10−11
−130%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Hitman 3 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
+97.1%
35−40
−97.1%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%

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
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

  • Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 32% faster in 1080p
  • Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 88% faster in 1440p
  • Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 88% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.49 7.47
Recency 10 November 2020 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 5 nm 7 nm

Apple M1 8-Core GPU has a 94% higher aggregate performance score, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

Vega 7, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months.

The Apple M1 8-Core GPU is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Vega 7 in performance tests.


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Apple M1 8-Core GPU
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