Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	656	not rated
Place by popularity	30	not in top-100
Power efficiency	20.91	no data
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	no data
GPU code name	Vega Raven Ridge	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	26 October 2017 (7 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	512	16
Core clock speed	no data	1296 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	10 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 type	no data	LPDDR5-6400
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

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Recency	26 October 2017	10 November 2020
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	10 Watt

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