Apple M1 Pro 14-core vs NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile 6GB

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Pro 14-core and NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile 6GB 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Apple M1 Pro 14-core

NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile 6GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Pro 14-core

Around 99% higher core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 652 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
4x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 60 Watt

Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 652 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 60 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
146.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 14
Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 53959 vs 39487

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 Mar 2022 vs 26 Oct 2021
Pipelines	2048 vs 14
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	53959 vs 39487

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Pro 14-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile 6GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

39487

53959

Name	Apple M1 Pro 14-core	NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile 6GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	39487	53959
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20379
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20379
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
PassMark - G2D Mark		569
PassMark - G3D Mark		10252

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Pro 14-core	NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile 6GB
Essentials
Launch date	26 Oct 2021	30 Mar 2022
Place in performance rating	163	165
Architecture		Ampere
Code name		GA107
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	652 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.644 TFLOPS
Pipelines	14	2048
Render output units	56
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	60 Watt
Boost clock speed		1140 MHz
Pixel fill rate		36.48 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		72.96 GTexel/s
Transistor count		8700 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	264.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		6 GB
Memory clock speed		1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		IGP
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan