AMD Radeon Pro W6800X vs Apple M1 8-core

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6800X and Apple M1 8-core videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6800X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1278 MHz
  • 480x more pipelines: 3840 vs 8
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 8 GB
  • 6.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 124439 vs 18824
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 Aug 2021 vs 10 Nov 2020
Core clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1278 MHz
Pipelines 3840 vs 8
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 124439 vs 18824

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 8-core

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
  • 40x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 400 Watt
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 400 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3364 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3364 vs 3360

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6800X
GPU 2: Apple M1 8-core

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3723
3723
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3723
3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3364
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3364
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
124439
18824
Name AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Apple M1 8-core
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3723 3723
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3723 3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3364
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3364
Geekbench - OpenCL 124439 18824
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10433
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10433

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Apple M1 8-core

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0
Code name Navi 21
Launch date 3 Aug 2021 10 Nov 2020
Place in performance rating 426 424
Type Workstation Desktop, Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2075 MHz
Compute units 60
Core clock speed 1800 MHz 1278 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 5 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 996.0 GFLOPS (1:16) 650 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 31.87 TFLOPS (2:1) 5200 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 15.94 TFLOPS 2.617 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 8
Pixel fill rate 199.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 498.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 400 Watt 10 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million
Render output units 32

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 4x Thunderbolt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 800 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None
Width Quad-slot

API support

DirectX 12.2
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s 66.67 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 LPDDR4X-4266

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode