Apple M1 7-core vs AMD Radeon R7 370

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 7-core and AMD Radeon R7 370 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 7-core

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm
  • 7.9x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 110 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10433 vs 7102
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10433 vs 7102
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Nov 2020 vs 18 June 2015
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 110 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10433 vs 7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10433 vs 7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3723 vs 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3723 vs 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3364 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3364 vs 3359

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 370

  • 146.3x more pipelines: 1024 vs 7
  • 4.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 86561 vs 18783
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1024 vs 7
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 86561 vs 18783

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 7-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 370

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
18783
86561
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10433
7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10433
7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3723
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3723
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3364
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3364
3359
Name Apple M1 7-core AMD Radeon R7 370
Geekbench - OpenCL 18783 86561
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10433 7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10433 7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3723 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3723 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3364 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3364 3359
PassMark - G3D Mark 4509
PassMark - G2D Mark 606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 72.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1506.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 116.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 359.237
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1499

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple M1 7-core AMD Radeon R7 370

Essentials

Launch date 10 Nov 2020 18 June 2015
Place in performance rating 423 420
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Trinidad
Design AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $149

Technical info

Core clock speed 1278 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 590 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 4750 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 2.290 TFLOPS
Pipelines 7 1024
Render output units 28
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt 110 Watt
Boost clock speed 975 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,997 gflops
Stream Processors 1024
Texture fill rate 62.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,800 million

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 66.67 GB/s 179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Memory type LPDDR4X-4266 GDDR5
Memory clock speed 975 MHz
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 152 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5