Apple M1 7-core vs AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 7-core and AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded 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 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 4.3x more core clock speed: 1278 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 15 Watt
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18993 vs 8803
  • 6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10433 vs 1514
  • 6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10433 vs 1514
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3723 vs 2433
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3723 vs 2433
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Nov 2020 vs 13 February 2018
Core clock speed 1278 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 18993 vs 8803
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10433 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10433 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3723 vs 2433
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3723 vs 2433

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6729 vs 3364
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6729 vs 3364
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6729 vs 3364
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6729 vs 3364

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 7-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
18993
8803
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10433
1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10433
1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3723
2433
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3723
2433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3364
6729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3364
6729
Name Apple M1 7-core AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded
Geekbench - OpenCL 18993 8803
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10433 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10433 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3723 2433
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3723 2433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3364 6729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3364 6729
PassMark - G3D Mark 1579
PassMark - G2D Mark 408
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 365.4
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 132.07
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 705

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple M1 7-core AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

Essentials

Launch date 10 Nov 2020 13 February 2018
Place in performance rating 419 932
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Architecture GCN 5.0
Code name Owl

Technical info

Core clock speed 1278 MHz 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 14 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
Render output units 28
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt 15 Watt
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz
Transistor count 4,940 million

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 66.67 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory type LPDDR4X-4266

Technologies

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

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6