Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 5700 XT with Apple M1 8-Core GPU, including specs and performance data.

RX 5700 XT
2019
8 GB GDDR6, 225 Watt
42.93
+195%

RX 5700 XT outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 195% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking86356
Place by popularity72not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.54no data
Power efficiency13.30no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)no data
GPU code nameNavi 10no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores25608
Core clock speed1605 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed1905 MHzno data
Number of transistors10,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Wattno data
Texture fill rate304.8no data
Floating-point processing power9.754 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs160no 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 4.0 x16no data
Length272 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data
Multi Monitor+no 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
Vulkan+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

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RX 5700 XT 42.93
+195%
Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.54

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX 5700 XT 499658
+78.3%
Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

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 HD126
+350%
28
−350%
1440p74
+208%
24−27
−208%
4K46
+229%
14−16
−229%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.17no data
1440p5.39no data
4K8.67no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 78
+255%
21−24
−255%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 76
+138%
30−35
−138%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 110
+378%
21−24
−378%
Battlefield 5 199
+333%
45−50
−333%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 118
+321%
27−30
−321%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+255%
21−24
−255%
Far Cry 5 125
+279%
30−35
−279%
Far Cry New Dawn 118
+203%
35−40
−203%
Forza Horizon 4 298
+224%
90−95
−224%
Hitman 3 84
+211%
27−30
−211%
Horizon Zero Dawn 313
+335%
70−75
−335%
Metro Exodus 144
+206%
45−50
−206%
Red Dead Redemption 2 115
+195%
35−40
−195%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 160−170
+250%
45−50
−250%
Watch Dogs: Legion 259
+241%
75−80
−241%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 154
+381%
30−35
−381%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 91
+296%
21−24
−296%
Battlefield 5 165
+259%
45−50
−259%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 107
+282%
27−30
−282%
Cyberpunk 2077 75
+241%
21−24
−241%
Far Cry 5 101
+206%
30−35
−206%
Far Cry New Dawn 108
+177%
35−40
−177%
Forza Horizon 4 283
+208%
90−95
−208%
Hitman 3 86
+219%
27−30
−219%
Horizon Zero Dawn 294
+308%
70−75
−308%
Metro Exodus 144
+206%
45−50
−206%
Red Dead Redemption 2 97
+149%
35−40
−149%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 193
+320%
45−50
−320%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+162%
30−35
−162%
Watch Dogs: Legion 248
+226%
75−80
−226%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 62
+93.8%
30−35
−93.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 78
+239%
21−24
−239%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80
+186%
27−30
−186%
Cyberpunk 2077 67
+205%
21−24
−205%
Far Cry 5 73
+121%
30−35
−121%
Forza Horizon 4 148
+60.9%
90−95
−60.9%
Hitman 3 83
+207%
27−30
−207%
Horizon Zero Dawn 135
+87.5%
70−75
−87.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 171
+272%
45−50
−272%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 93
+174%
30−35
−174%
Watch Dogs: Legion 67
−13.4%
75−80
+13.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 108
+177%
35−40
−177%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 126
+367%
27−30
−367%
Far Cry New Dawn 84
+282%
21−24
−282%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 53
+279%
14−16
−279%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 59
+436%
10−12
−436%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 58
+287%
14−16
−287%
Cyberpunk 2077 40
+471%
7−8
−471%
Far Cry 5 59
+269%
16−18
−269%
Forza Horizon 4 273
+279%
70−75
−279%
Hitman 3 59
+247%
16−18
−247%
Horizon Zero Dawn 104
+259%
27−30
−259%
Metro Exodus 104
+333%
24−27
−333%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 119
+396%
24−27
−396%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+333%
14−16
−333%
Watch Dogs: Legion 241
+177%
85−90
−177%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 79
+243%
21−24
−243%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 56
+300%
14−16
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 44
+340%
10−11
−340%
Hitman 3 45
+350%
10−11
−350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 121
+75.4%
65−70
−75.4%
Metro Exodus 65
+400%
12−14
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 54
+315%
12−14
−315%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35
+338%
8−9
−338%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 33
+371%
7−8
−371%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
+371%
7−8
−371%
Cyberpunk 2077 17
+750%
2−3
−750%
Far Cry 5 30
+275%
8−9
−275%
Forza Horizon 4 79
+316%
18−20
−316%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 71
+446%
12−14
−446%
Watch Dogs: Legion 13
+160%
5−6
−160%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40
+208%
12−14
−208%

This is how RX 5700 XT and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • RX 5700 XT is 350% faster in 1080p
  • RX 5700 XT is 208% faster in 1440p
  • RX 5700 XT is 229% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 5700 XT is 750% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 13% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 5700 XT is ahead in 71 test (99%)
  • Apple M1 8-Core GPU is ahead in 1 test (1%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 42.93 14.54
Recency 7 July 2019 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm

RX 5700 XT has a 195.3% higher aggregate performance score.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5700 XT is a desktop card while Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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