Apple M1 8-core vs AMD FirePro R5000

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 8-core and AMD FirePro R5000 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 8-core

• Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• Around 55% higher core clock speed: 1278 MHz vs 825 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm
• 35x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 350 Watt
• 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3723 vs 3690
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3723 vs 3690
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3364 vs 3342
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3364 vs 3342

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro R5000

• 96x more pipelines: 768 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 8-core
GPU 2: AMD FirePro R5000

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3723 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3723 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3364 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3364 3342

Compare specifications (specs)