Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Radeon R9 370

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking404not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.64no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)no data
GPU code nameTrinidadno data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date5 May 2015 (9 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 cores128016
Core clock speed925 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed975 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate78.00no data
Floating-point processing power2.496 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs80no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length221 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1400 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/sno data
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 May 2015 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 10 Watt

Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 5 years, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 1000% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 370 and M1 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 370 is a desktop card while Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon R9 370
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