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 ranking657not rated
Place by popularity45not in top-100
Power efficiency22.02no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)no data
GPU code nameVega Raven Ridgeno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date26 October 2017 (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 cores51216
Core clock speedno data1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt10 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 26 October 2017 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 10 Watt

Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 3 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
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