Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core), vs AMD Radeon RX 580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) and AMD Radeon RX 580
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
76
38
33
15
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
52
40
23
13
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
78
56
37
16
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
58
49
34
17
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
33
23
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
47
41
27
15
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
33
24
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
30
27
13
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
60
51
31
18
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a52
1080p Ultran/a39
1440p Ultran/a26
4K Ultran/a13
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
6712
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Time Spyn/a4353
Port Royaln/a527
Fire Striken/a14979
Night Raidn/a56876
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
61008
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Background Blur106 frames/s59.5 frames/s
Face Detection73.1 frames/s33.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.59 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.8 Gpix/sec3.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.4 Gpix/sec2.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.73 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching198.6 Gpix/sec161.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8166.3 fps5395.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
G2D Markn/a767
DirectX 11n/a60 fps
DirectX 12n/a43 fps
GPU Computen/a3529 Ops/s

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2024 April, 18, 2017
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Apple M GPU GCN 4.0
Codename Custom Polaris 20
Price n/a 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 500 MHz 1257 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1800 MHz 1340 MHz
Shader Units 2048 2304
TMUs 128 144
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 256 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores n/a No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache n/a 16 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 115 Gpix/sec 43 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 230 GTex/s 193 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.4 TFLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 26 W 185 W
Process TSMC GlobalFoundries
Process tech. 3 nm 14 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 232 mm²
Transistor count n/a 5 billion
Transistor density n/a 21.55 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR5
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 8 GB
Max Throughput
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
273 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 GB/s

API

DirectX n/a 12
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenGL n/a 4.6
DisplayPort n/a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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