Apple M1 Pro 14-core vs AMD Radeon RX 6600M

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Pro 14-core and AMD Radeon RX 6600M 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Apple M1 Pro 14-core

AMD Radeon RX 6600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Pro 14-core

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
10x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20379 vs 14178
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20379 vs 14178

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20379 vs 14178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20379 vs 14178

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1489 MHz vs 1296 MHz
128x more pipelines: 1792 vs 14
Around 66% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 66124 vs 39891
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8612 vs 7440
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8612 vs 7440
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8006 vs 6721
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8006 vs 6721

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2021 vs 26 Oct 2021
Core clock speed	1489 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Pipelines	1792 vs 14
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	66124 vs 39891
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8612 vs 7440
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8612 vs 7440
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8006 vs 6721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8006 vs 6721

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Pro 14-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

39891

66124

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20379

14178

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20379

14178

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

8612

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

8612

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6721

8006

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6721

8006

Name	Apple M1 Pro 14-core	AMD Radeon RX 6600M
Geekbench - OpenCL	39891	66124
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20379	14178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20379	14178
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440	8612
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440	8612
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721	8006
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721	8006
PassMark - G3D Mark		13920
PassMark - G2D Mark		722
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1498

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Pro 14-core	AMD Radeon RX 6600M
Essentials
Launch date	26 Oct 2021	2021
Place in performance rating	166	169
Architecture		RDNA 2.0
Code name		Navi 23
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	1489 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.644 TFLOPS	7.544 TFLOPS
Pipelines	14	1792
Render output units	56
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	150 Watt
Boost clock speed		2105 MHz
Compute units		28
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		471.5 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		15.09 TFLOPS (2:1)
Pixel fill rate		134.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		235.8 GTexel/s
Transistor count		11060 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory clock speed		2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		12.2
OpenCL		2.1
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.5
Vulkan