Radeon Pro 560X 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 ranking52535
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data9.02
Architectureno dataGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameno dataPolaris 21
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)16 July 2018 (7 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 cores401024
Core clock speedno data1004 MHz
Number of transistorsno data3,000 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data75 Watt
Texture fill rateno data64.26
Floating-point processing powerno data2.056 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data64
L1 Cacheno data256 KB
L2 Cacheno data1024 KB

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 datalarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 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-8533GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1270 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data81.28 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
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
+146%
41
−146%
1440p57
+32.6%
43
−32.6%
4K36
+112%
17
−112%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 43
+0%
43
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Far Cry 5 37
+0%
37
+0%
Fortnite 66
+0%
66
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 53
+0%
53
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Valorant 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 36
+0%
36
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 86
+0%
86
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Dota 2 71
+0%
71
+0%
Far Cry 5 33
+0%
33
+0%
Fortnite 40
+0%
40
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 50
+0%
50
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 33
+0%
33
+0%
Metro Exodus 19
+0%
19
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40
+0%
40
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 34
+0%
34
+0%
Valorant 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 33
+0%
33
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Dota 2 69
+0%
69
+0%
Far Cry 5 31
+0%
31
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 36
+0%
36
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20
+0%
20
+0%
Valorant 26
+0%
26
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 32
+0%
32
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 57
+0%
57
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Metro Exodus 11
+0%
11
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Valorant 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 30
+0%
30
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 13
+0%
13
+0%
Metro Exodus 7
+0%
7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Valorant 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Dota 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Far Cry 5 10
+0%
10
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%

This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Pro 560X compete in popular games:

  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 146% faster in 1080p
  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 33% faster in 1440p
  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 112% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 61 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Recency 3 March 2026 16 July 2018

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 7 years.

We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Radeon Pro 560X. 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 560X is a mobile workstation one.

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