Apple M1 8-core vs AMD Radeon HD 7990
Comparative analysis of Apple M1 8-core and AMD Radeon HD 7990 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 8-core
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1278 MHz vs 950 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm
- 37.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 375 Watt
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
- Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10433 vs 6689
- Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10433 vs 6689
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 10 Nov 2020 vs 24 April 2013 |
| Core clock speed | 1278 MHz vs 950 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt vs 375 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 10433 vs 6689 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 10433 vs 6689 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3723 vs 3712 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3723 vs 3712 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3364 vs 3356 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3364 vs 3356 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7990
- 512x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 8
| Pipelines | 2x 2048 vs 8 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: Apple M1 8-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7990
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| Name | Apple M1 8-core | AMD Radeon HD 7990 |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18993 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 10433 | 6689 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 10433 | 6689 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3723 | 3712 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3723 | 3712 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3364 | 3356 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3364 | 3356 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5566 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 766 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 88.665 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1753.494 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 8.437 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 88.328 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 434.598 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| Apple M1 8-core | AMD Radeon HD 7990 | |
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Essentials |
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| Launch date | 10 Nov 2020 | 24 April 2013 |
| Place in performance rating | 420 | 417 |
| Type | Desktop, Laptop | Desktop |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | |
| Code name | Malta | |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | |
| Price now | $1,126.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 7.87 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1278 MHz | 950 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 | 2x 2048 |
| Render output units | 32 | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt | 375 Watt |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 4,096 gflops | |
| Texture fill rate | 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec | |
| Transistor count | 4,313 million | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2x 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 66.67 GB/s | 2x 288.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 2x 384 Bit |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X-4266 | GDDR5 |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | |
Technologies |
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Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Length | 307 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11.2 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | |
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