Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking984not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.25no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)no data
GPU code nameStoney Ridgeno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)10 November 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 cores19216
Core clock speedno data1296 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-45 Watt10 Watt

Form factor & compatibility

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Laptop sizemedium sizedno data

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 dataLPDDR5-6400
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Shared memory++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2016 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 10 Watt

Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 4 years, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

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