Radeon RX 6800M vs Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU

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RX 6800M RX 6800M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking52195
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data16.81
Architectureno dataRDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)
GPU code nameno dataNavi 22
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)31 May 2021 (4 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 cores402560
Core clock speedno data2116 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2390 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,200 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data145 Watt
Texture fill rateno data382.4
Floating-point processing powerno data12.24 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40
L0 Cacheno data640 KB
L1 Cacheno data512 KB
L2 Cacheno data3 MB
L3 Cacheno data96 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 datalarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
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 data12 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data384.0 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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkan-1.3

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
−5.9%
107
+5.9%
1440p57
−24.6%
71
+24.6%
4K36
−19.4%
43
+19.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 123
+0%
123
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 128
+0%
128
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 143
+0%
143
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 110
+0%
110
+0%
Far Cry 5 106
+0%
106
+0%
Fortnite 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 131
+0%
131
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Valorant 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 141
+0%
141
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 102
+0%
102
+0%
Dota 2 126
+0%
126
+0%
Far Cry 5 102
+0%
102
+0%
Fortnite 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 125
+0%
125
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 112
+0%
112
+0%
Metro Exodus 105
+0%
105
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 188
+0%
188
+0%
Valorant 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 139
+0%
139
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 98
+0%
98
+0%
Dota 2 115
+0%
115
+0%
Far Cry 5 95
+0%
95
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 109
+0%
109
+0%
Valorant 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 84
+0%
84
+0%
Metro Exodus 59
+0%
59
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 130
+0%
130
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 51
+0%
51
+0%
Far Cry 5 100
+0%
100
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 85
+0%
85
+0%
Metro Exodus 38
+0%
38
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60
+0%
60
+0%
Valorant 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 82
+0%
82
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 23
+0%
23
+0%
Dota 2 95
+0%
95
+0%
Far Cry 5 61
+0%
61
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and RX 6800M compete in popular games:

  • RX 6800M is 6% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6800M is 25% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6800M is 19% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Recency 3 March 2026 31 May 2021

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 4 years.

We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Radeon RX 6800M. We've got no test results to judge.

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