Apple M1 Max 24-core vs AMD Playstation 4 Pro GPU

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Max 24-core and AMD Playstation 4 Pro GPU videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Max 24-core

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 911 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 16 nm
  • 15x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 150 Watt
Launch date 26 Oct 2021 vs 10 November 2016
Core clock speed 1296 MHz vs 911 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Playstation 4 Pro GPU

  • 96x more pipelines: 2304 vs 24
Pipelines 2304 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Max 24-core
GPU 2: AMD Playstation 4 Pro GPU

Name Apple M1 Max 24-core AMD Playstation 4 Pro GPU
Geekbench - OpenCL 66710
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25004
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25004
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7440
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7440
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6721

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple M1 Max 24-core AMD Playstation 4 Pro GPU

Essentials

Launch date 26 Oct 2021 10 November 2016
Place in performance rating 122 not rated
Architecture GCN 4.0
Code name Neo
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1296 MHz 911 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 16 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.962 TFLOPS
Pipelines 24 2304
Render output units 96
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 150 Watt
Floating-point performance 4,198 gflops
Texture fill rate 131.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 5,700 million

Memory

Memory bandwidth 409.6 GB/s 217.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 bit 256 Bit
Memory type LPDDR5-6400 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory clock speed 6800 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX N / A
OpenGL 4.5