Radeon Pro 5500M vs Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking52365
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data14.59
Architectureno dataRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameno dataNavi 14
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)13 November 2019 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores401536
Core clock speedno data1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1450 MHz
Number of transistorsno data6,400 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data85 Watt
Texture fill rateno data139.2
Floating-point processing powerno data4.454 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data96
L2 Cacheno data2 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeLPDDR5x-8533GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD101
+77.2%
57
−77.2%
1440p57
−3.5%
59
+3.5%
4K36
+12.5%
32
−12.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 76
+0%
76
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Fortnite 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 31
+0%
31
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Valorant 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 62
+0%
62
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 208
+0%
208
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Dota 2 111
+0%
111
+0%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Fortnite 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 69
+0%
69
+0%
Metro Exodus 37
+0%
37
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 68
+0%
68
+0%
Valorant 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 59
+0%
59
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Dota 2 107
+0%
107
+0%
Far Cry 5 55
+0%
55
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 39
+0%
39
+0%
Valorant 28
+0%
28
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 118
+0%
118
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 35
+0%
35
+0%
Metro Exodus 22
+0%
22
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 107
+0%
107
+0%
Valorant 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 47
+0%
47
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Far Cry 5 40
+0%
40
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 71
+0%
71
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 25
+0%
25
+0%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Valorant 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 14
+0%
14
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Dota 2 54
+0%
54
+0%
Far Cry 5 20
+0%
20
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Pro 5500M compete in popular games:

  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 77% faster in 1080p
  • Pro 5500M is 4% faster in 1440p
  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 13% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 61 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Recency 3 March 2026 13 November 2019

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 6 years.

We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Radeon Pro 5500M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro 5500M is a mobile workstation one.

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