Apple M1 8-core vs AMD FirePro W7170M

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 8-core and AMD FirePro W7170M 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.

Apple M1 8-core

AMD FirePro W7170M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 8-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 77% higher core clock speed: 1278 MHz vs 723 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm
10x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 100 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10433 vs 6796
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10433 vs 6796

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Nov 2020 vs 2 October 2015
Core clock speed	1278 MHz vs 723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 100 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10433 vs 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10433 vs 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3723 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3723 vs 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3364 vs 3362
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3364 vs 3362

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

256x more pipelines: 2048 vs 8
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 50809 vs 18770

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2048 vs 8
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	50809 vs 18770

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 8-core
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7170M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18770

50809

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10433

6796

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10433

6796

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3723

3722

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3723

3722

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3364

3362

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3364

3362

Name	Apple M1 8-core	AMD FirePro W7170M
Geekbench - OpenCL	18770	50809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10433	6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10433	6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3723	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3723	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3364	3362
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3364	3362
PassMark - G3D Mark		3162
PassMark - G2D Mark		418

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 8-core	AMD FirePro W7170M
Essentials
Launch date	10 Nov 2020	2 October 2015
Place in performance rating	419	420
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Mobile workstation
Architecture		GCN 3.0
Code name		Amethyst
Technical info
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	723 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	2048
Render output units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	100 Watt
Floating-point performance		2,961 gflops
Texture fill rate		92.54 GTexel / s
Transistor count		5,000 million
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	66.67 GB/s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR4X-4266	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		5000 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan