Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU vs Radeon R9 Fury

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	219	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.15	no data
Power efficiency	6.19	no data
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	no data
GPU code name	Fiji	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	10 July 2015 (9 years ago)	10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$549	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	3584	14
Compute units	56	no data
Core clock speed	no data	1296 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	8,900 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	224.0	no data
Floating-point processing power	7.168 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	no data
TMUs	224	no 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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	​2x 8-pin	no data
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	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)	LPDDR5-6400
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	+	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	+	-
CrossFire	+	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TressFX	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	+	-
Mantle	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 July 2015	10 November 2020
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	15 Watt

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