Apple M4 32-core GPU vs Radeon RX 580

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking242not rated
Place by popularity1not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.69no data
Power efficiency8.57no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)no data
GPU code namePolaris 20no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 April 2017 (7 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 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 cores230432
Core clock speed1257 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1340 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate193.0no data
Floating-point processing power6.175 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs144no 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5x-8533
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2000 MHz8533 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.0 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+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 45 Watt

Apple M4 32-core GPU has a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 311.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 580 and Apple M4 32-core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 580 is a desktop card while Apple M4 32-core GPU is a notebook one.


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