Apple M1 Pro 14-core vs AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Pro 14-core and AMD Radeon Pro SSG 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), 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 Pro 14-core

AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Pro 14-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 14 nm
23.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20379 vs 11029
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20379 vs 11029

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 Oct 2021 vs 8 August 2017
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20379 vs 11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20379 vs 11029

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1296 MHz
292.6x more pipelines: 4096 vs 14
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7766 vs 7440
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7766 vs 7440

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Pipelines	4096 vs 14
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7766 vs 7440
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7766 vs 7440

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Pro 14-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro SSG

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20379

11029

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20379

11029

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

7766

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

7766

Name	Apple M1 Pro 14-core	AMD Radeon Pro SSG
Geekbench - OpenCL	39965
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20379	11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20379	11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440	7766
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440	7766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721
PassMark - G3D Mark		10972
PassMark - G2D Mark		588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		16.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		173.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1231.051

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Pro 14-core	AMD Radeon Pro SSG
Essentials
Launch date	26 Oct 2021	8 August 2017
Place in performance rating	163	160
Architecture		GCN 5.0
Code name		Vega 10
Launch price (MSRP)		$6,999
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	14 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.644 TFLOPS
Pipelines	14	4096
Render output units	56
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	350 Watt
Boost clock speed		1500 MHz
Floating-point performance		12,288 gflops
Texture fill rate		384.0 GTexel / s
Transistor count		12,500 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2048 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount		16 GB
Memory clock speed		1890 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		6x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.6