Radeon RX 5500 XT 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 | not rated | 296 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 79 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 32.78 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 12.85 |
| Architecture | no data | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) |
| GPU code name | no data | Navi 14 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 March 2026 (less than a year ago) | 12 December 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $169 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 40 | 1408 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1607 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1845 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 6,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | no data | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 130 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 162.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 5.196 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 88 |
| 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).
| Interface | no data | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | no data | 180 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 14000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 224.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no 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 Connectors | no data | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 March 2026 | 12 December 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 RX 5500 XT. 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 5500 XT is a desktop one.
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