If you have a Late 2016 15" MacBook Pro, please run the following benchmarks so that we can have a performance baseline for the AMD Radeon Pro dGPUs. This would serve as a nice example for Mac Pro tower owners when considering the next Mac purchase.
I ran these tests on an ASUS RX 460 GPU which was installed inside a 2010 Mac Pro tower. Most RX 460s come with only 896 Stream Processors but unlocking to 1024 is possible. I did the unlock on this RX 460 and it works great!
Luxmark 3.1 Luxball scene: 5,920
GeekBench 4: 77,676 - http://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/497857
Unigine Valley Extreme (1600x900 8xAA windowed): 1,094
Unigine Heaven Extreme (1600x900 8xAA windowed): 564
I will be installing this RX 460 into a couple eGPU enclosures and do the same benchmarks. Thank you!
| macOS Polaris 11 GPU | Luxmark 3.1 | Geekbench 4 | Valley 1.0 | Heaven 4.0 | Source |
| RX 460 2GB | 2010 Mac Pro | 5,920 | 77,676 | 1,094 | 564 | itsage |
| Radeon Pro 455 | 2016 MBP 15" | 5,901(iGPU+dGPU) | 39,009 | 798 | 404 | Relvce |
| Radeon Pro 460 | 2016 MBP 15" | 4,567/6,056(iGPU+dGPU) | 47,452 | 895 | 495 | benr |
| RX 460 eGPU | 2016 MBP 13" | 5,935/8,389(iGPU+eGPU) | 70,750 | 1,002 | 511 | itsage |
| RX 460 eGPU | 2015 MBA 11" | 5,849/7,384(iGPU+eGPU) | 68,458 | 1,005 | 510 | itsage |
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2021 15" ASUS TUF Dash F15 [11th,4C,H] + RTX 3080 @ 32Gbps-TB4 (AORUS Gaming Box) + Win10 2004 // my 3rd RTX 3080 build [build link]
Here are the results for my Macbook Pro 15" with the Radeon Pro 455:
Luxmark 3.1: 5901
GeekBench 4: 39009
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/502046
Unigine Valley Extreme (1600x900 8xAA): 798
Unigine Heaven Extreme (1600x900 8xAA): 404
To do: Create my signature with system and expected eGPU configuration information to give context to my posts. I have no builds.
.Thank you @Relvce! I will update the benchmarks table in the first post as new scores are submitted. For a more accurate performance # in Luxmark 3.1, you can run the test on one selected GPU instead of both iGPU and dGPU.
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2021 15" ASUS TUF Dash F15 [11th,4C,H] + RTX 3080 @ 32Gbps-TB4 (AORUS Gaming Box) + Win10 2004 // my 3rd RTX 3080 build [build link]
Results from the 2016 MacBook Pro 15-inch with the Radeon Pro 460:
Luxmark 3.1: 6056
Geekbench 4: 47452
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/503451
Unigine Valley Extreme (1600x900 8xAA): 895
Unigine Heaven Extreme (1600x900 8xAA): 459
To do: Create my signature with system and expected eGPU configuration information to give context to my posts. I have no builds.
.Here are the results from RX 460 eGPU through Thunderbolt 3 connection (Late 2016 MacBook Pro 13").
Luxmark 3.1: 5,935/8,389(iGPU+eGPU)
Geekbench 4: 70,750 - https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/504019
Unigine Valley Extreme (1600x900 8xAA windowed): 1,002
Unigine Heaven Extreme (1600x900 8xAA windowed): 511
• external graphics card builds
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2021 15" ASUS TUF Dash F15 [11th,4C,H] + RTX 3080 @ 32Gbps-TB4 (AORUS Gaming Box) + Win10 2004 // my 3rd RTX 3080 build [build link]
Here are the results from RX 460 eGPU through Thunderbolt 2 connection (2015 MacBook Air 11").
Luxmark 3.1: 5,849/7,384(iGPU+eGPU)
Geekbench 4: 68,458 - https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/504118
Unigine Valley Extreme (1600x900 8xAA windowed): 1,005
Unigine Heaven Extreme (1600x900 8xAA windowed): 510
• external graphics card builds
• best laptops for external GPU
• eGPU enclosure buyer's guide
2021 15" ASUS TUF Dash F15 [11th,4C,H] + RTX 3080 @ 32Gbps-TB4 (AORUS Gaming Box) + Win10 2004 // my 3rd RTX 3080 build [build link]