Apple M1 8-core vs AMD FirePro W4300

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 8-core and AMD FirePro W4300 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).

Apple M1 8-core

AMD FirePro W4300

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 8-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1278 MHz vs 930 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 71% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18824 vs 11008
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10433 vs 3572
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10433 vs 3572

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Nov 2020 vs 1 December 2015
Core clock speed	1278 MHz vs 930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18824 vs 11008
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10433 vs 3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10433 vs 3572

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4300

96x more pipelines: 768 vs 8
Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6161 vs 3723
Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6161 vs 3723
5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 17597 vs 3364
5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 17597 vs 3364

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	768 vs 8
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6161 vs 3723
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6161 vs 3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	17597 vs 3364
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	17597 vs 3364

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 8-core
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W4300

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18824

11008

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10433

3572

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10433

3572

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3723

6161

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3723

6161

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3364

17597

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3364

17597

Name	Apple M1 8-core	AMD FirePro W4300
Geekbench - OpenCL	18824	11008
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10433	3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10433	3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3723	6161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3723	6161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3364	17597
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3364	17597
PassMark - G3D Mark		2820
PassMark - G2D Mark		649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		31.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		828.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		59.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		152.484

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 8-core	AMD FirePro W4300
Essentials
Launch date	10 Nov 2020	1 December 2015
Place in performance rating	424	427
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Workstation
Architecture		GCN 2.0
Code name		Bonaire
Technical info
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	650 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5200 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.617 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8	768
Render output units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	50 Watt
Floating-point performance		1,428 gflops
Texture fill rate		44.64 GTexel / s
Transistor count		2,080 million
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	66.67 GB/s	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR4X-4266	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		6000 MHz
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		171 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL		4.5