Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 586 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 27.59 | no data |
| Architecture | Vega (2017−2020) | no data |
| GPU code name | Vega Renoir | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 January 2020 (4 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 cores | 384 | 7 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1500 MHz | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | no 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.
| Shared memory | + | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2020 | 10 November 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 5 nm |
Apple M1 7-Core GPU has an age advantage of 10 months, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and M1 7-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.
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