Apple M1 8-core vs AMD Radeon Pro V340 MxGPU

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 8-core and AMD Radeon Pro V340 MxGPU 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 8-core

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1278 MHz vs 852 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 14 nm
  • 30x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10433 vs 7410
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10433 vs 7410
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3364 vs 2647
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3364 vs 2647
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Nov 2020 vs 26 August 2018
Core clock speed 1278 MHz vs 852 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10433 vs 7410
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10433 vs 7410
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3364 vs 2647
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3364 vs 2647

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro V340 MxGPU

  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6937 vs 3723
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6937 vs 3723
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6937 vs 3723
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6937 vs 3723

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 8-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro V340 MxGPU

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10433
7410
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10433
7410
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3723
6937
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3723
6937
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3364
2647
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3364
2647
Name Apple M1 8-core AMD Radeon Pro V340 MxGPU
Geekbench - OpenCL 18829
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10433 7410
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10433 7410
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3723 6937
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3723 6937
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3364 2647
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3364 2647
PassMark - G3D Mark 2853
PassMark - G2D Mark 118

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple M1 8-core AMD Radeon Pro V340 MxGPU

Essentials

Launch date 10 Nov 2020 26 August 2018
Place in performance rating 424 425
Type Desktop, Laptop Workstation
Architecture GCN 5.0
Code name Vega 10

Technical info

Core clock speed 1278 MHz 852 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 14 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
Render output units 32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 300 Watt
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Transistor count 12,500 million

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 66.67 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory type LPDDR4X-4266
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz

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 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6