Apple M1 GPU vs Radeon RX Vega 11

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking601not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.89no data
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)no data
GPU code nameRavenno data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date10 May 2018 (6 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 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 cores7048
Core clock speed300 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1251 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,940 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate55.04no data
Floating-point processing power1.761 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs44no 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).

InterfaceIGPno data
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno 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 ConnectorsMotherboard Dependentno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 May 2018 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 GPU has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 11 and Apple M1 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 11 is a desktop card while Apple M1 GPU is a notebook one.


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