Radeon Pro Duo vs Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 52 | 310 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 1.97 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 4.36 |
| Architecture | no data | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | no data | Capsaicin |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Design | no data | reference |
| Release date | 3 March 2026 (recently) | 26 April 2016 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,499 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | 40 | 4096 ×2 |
| Compute units | no data | 128 |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1000 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 8,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | no data | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 350 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 256.0 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 8.192 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | no data | 64 ×2 |
| TMUs | no data | 256 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 1 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 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).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 277 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 3x 8-pin |
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 type | LPDDR5x-8533 | High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 8 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | no data | 4096 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 512 GB/s ×2 |
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 Connectors | no data | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| Eyefinity | - | + |
| Number of Eyefinity displays | no data | 6 |
| HDMI | - | + |
| DisplayPort support | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | - | + |
| CrossFire | - | + |
| Enduro | - | + |
| FRTC | - | + |
| FreeSync | - | + |
| HD3D | - | + |
| LiquidVR | - | + |
| PowerTune | - | + |
| TressFX | - | + |
| TrueAudio | - | + |
| ZeroCore | - | + |
| UVD | - | + |
| VCE | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | DirectX® 12 |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | - | + |
| Mantle | - | + |
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 HD | 101 | no data |
| 1440p | 57 | no data |
| 4K | 36 | no data |
Cost per frame, $
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 March 2026 | 26 April 2016 |
Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 9 years.
We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Radeon Pro Duo. 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 Duo is a workstation one.
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