Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU vs Radeon RX Vega 2

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)no data
GPU code nameVega Raven Ridgeno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2018 (6 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 cores12814
Core clock speedno data1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

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 typeno dataLPDDR5-6400
Shared memory-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_1no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2018 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 2 and M1 Pro 14-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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