Apple M1 GPU vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking479not rated
Place by popularity29not in top-100
Power efficiency41.89no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)no data
GPU code nameVegano data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 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 cores5128
Boost clock speed2100 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno 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.

DirectX12_1no data

Pros & cons summary


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

Apple M1 GPU has an age advantage of 10 months, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Apple M1 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
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