Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Radeon RX 5500M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking364not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency11.64no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)no data
GPU code nameNavi 14no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 October 2019 (5 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 cores140816
Core clock speed1375 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate144.8no data
Floating-point processing power4.632 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs88no 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth224.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 October 2019 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 10 Watt

Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 1 year, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 750% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5500M and Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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