Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 vs Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU
Apple M1 7-Core GPU
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The Apple M1 GPU is an integrated graphics card offering 7 cores (1 deactivated core in the entry MacBook Air) designed by Apple and integrated in the Apple M1 SoC. According to Apple it is faster and more energy efficient as competing products (like the Tiger Lake Xe GPU). The peak performance of the high end variant with 8 cores is 2.6 teraflops, therefore the 7 core version should offer around 2.3 teraflops. Thanks to the unified memory architecture it should have fast access to the RAM.
The Apple M1 is manufactured in the modern 5nm process at TSMC and should offer an excellent energy efficiency.
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
► remove from comparisonThe Radeon Pro Vega 56 uses the same chip as the Radeon RX Vega 56 but with reduced clock speeds for the chip and HBM memory. It is used in the first generation of the Apple iMac Pro All-in-One PC.
Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU
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The Apple M1 Max 24-Core-GPU is an integrated graphics card by Apple offering 24 of the 32 cores in the M1 Max Chip. The 3,072 ALUs offer a theoretical performance of up to 8 Teraflops.
The graphics card has no dedicated graphics memory but can use the fast LPDDR5-6400 unified memory with a 512 bit bus (up to 400 GBit/s).
The GPU clocks between 389 and 1296 MHz and offers no short term boost (389, 486, 648, 778, 972, 1296 MHz steps according to Powermetrics). The GPU is intended to use Apple Metal 2 API and could still be based on the older PowerVR architectures (last used in the Apple A10).
The Apple M1 Max is manufactured in the modern 5nm process at TSMC and offers an excellent energy efficiency.
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| Pipelines | 7 - unified | 3584 - unified | 24 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 1278 MHz | 1247 MHz | 1296 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | LPDDR4X-4266 | HBM2 | LPDDR5-6400 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | no | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 5 nm | 14 nm | 5 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 10.11.2020 | 14.12.2017 | 10.11.2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | Vega | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Vega | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 786 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 2048 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 8 GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12_1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transistors | 12.5 Billion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | 64 ROPs, 224 TMUs, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 10 Watt |
Benchmarks
specvp11 snx-01 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
specvp12 sw-03 + AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M1 7-Core GPU
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M1 7-Core GPU
Average Benchmarks Apple M1 7-Core GPU → 100% n=2
Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 → 122% n=2
Average Benchmarks Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU → 102% n=2
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
Cyberpunk 2077
2023
Hearthstone
2020
Borderlands 3
2019
F1 2017
2017
For Honor
2017
Civilization 6
2016
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
Dota 2 Reborn
2015
The Witcher 3
2015
Counter-Strike: GO
2012
Batman: Arkham City
2011Average Gaming Apple M1 7-Core GPU → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU → 258%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 221%
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | ||||
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 17.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hearthstone | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Borderlands 3 | 45.2 | 28 | 17.7 | 57.2 | 47.7 | 40.7 | 34.6 | ||||||||||||||
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 95.2 | 26.3 | 17.4 | 201 | 96 | 62 | 46 | ||||||||||||||
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 65 | 22 | 141 | 85 | 79 | 77 | |||||||||||||||
| F1 2017 | 60 | 54 | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War III | 43.9 | 32.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Civilization 6 | 80.3 | 30.1 | 27 | 15.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Deus Ex Mankind Divided | 47.6 | 35.3 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Counter-Strike: GO | 109 | 69 | 44.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Batman: Arkham City | 86 | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 3 5 | 3 3 | 3 2 2 | 1 2 | 1 | 1 | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | | | | | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 2 | 1 2 | 1 2 | 2 1 | | |
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