Radeon RX 460 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 ranking52491
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.12
Power efficiencyno data10.07
Architectureno dataGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameno dataBaffin
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)8 August 2016 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$86

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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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 cores40896
Core clock speedno data1090 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Number of transistorsno data3,000 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data75 Watt
Texture fill rateno data67.20
Floating-point processing powerno data2.15 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data56
L1 Cacheno data224 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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8
Lengthno data170 mm
Widthno data2-slot
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 data2 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data112.0 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 data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

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
+14%
50
−14%
4K36
+80%
20
−80%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.10
1440pno data1.72
4Kno data4.30

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry 5 40
+0%
40
+0%
Fortnite 116
+0%
116
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 57
+0%
57
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 36
+0%
36
+0%
Valorant 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Dota 2 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Far Cry 5 37
+0%
37
+0%
Fortnite 39
+0%
39
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 54
+0%
54
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 35
+0%
35
+0%
Metro Exodus 21
+0%
21
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 28
+0%
28
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 37
+0%
37
+0%
Valorant 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Dota 2 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Far Cry 5 34
+0%
34
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 41
+0%
41
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20
+0%
20
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 23
+0%
23
+0%
Valorant 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 31
+0%
31
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Metro Exodus 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Valorant 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12
+0%
12
+0%
Valorant 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Dota 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Far Cry 5 11
+0%
11
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%

This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and RX 460 compete in popular games:

  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 146% faster in 1080p
  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 14% faster in 1440p
  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 80% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Recency 3 March 2026 8 August 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 RX 460. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 460 is a desktop one.

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Community ratings

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