AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5500M, vs Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5500M and Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
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
70
40
30
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
46
37
22
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
70
51
35
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
53
43
31
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
30
26
16
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
46
40
28
17
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
29
22
17
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
31
26
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
56
45
30
17
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High48n/a
1080p Ultra37n/a
1440p Ultra25n/a
4K Ultra13n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
3816
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
3903
Time Spy4300n/a
Solar Bayn/a12166
Fire Strike12849n/a
Night Raid42092n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
46415
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
42227
Background Blur89.3 frames/s74.5 frames/s
Face Detection50.3 frames/s47.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.91 Gpix/sec1.73 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.74 Gpix/sec3.32 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.25 Gpix/sec1.75 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.49 Gpix/sec0.47 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching159.9 Gpix/sec131.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5898.4 fps5143 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
5791
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
G2D Mark412n/a
DirectX 1135 fpsn/a
DirectX 1228 fpsn/a
GPU Compute2303 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
50.4 fps
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
881.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)289.3 fps1390.1 fps
Car Chase262.5 fps1102.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)221.9 fps1953.2 fps
T-Rex936.7 fps2704.8 fps
ALU 21171.6 fps598.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2153.2 fps485.7 fps
APIOpenGLMetal
OSWindowsOS X
Tessellation1215.9n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced October, 7, 2019 October, 18, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Apple M GPU
Codename Navi 14 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1375 MHz 450 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1645 MHz 1296 MHz
Shader Units 1408 2048
TMUs 88 128
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units 22 256
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No n/a
L2 cache 2000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 53 Gpix/sec 83 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 145 GTex/s 166 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.6 TFLOPS 5.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 Custom
TGP 85 W 30 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 94 °C
Transistor Size 158 mm² n/a
Transistor count 6.4 billion 23.2 billion
Transistor density 40.51 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 6400 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support n/a No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 12800 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB n/a
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
224 GB/s
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
204.8 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 n/a
Vulkan 1.2 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4 n/a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

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