Radeon RX 7900M 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 ranking5264
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data22.62
Architectureno dataRDNA 3.0 (2022−2026)
GPU code nameno dataNavi 31
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)19 October 2023 (2 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 cores404608
Core clock speedno data1825 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2090 MHz
Number of transistorsno data57,700 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data180 Watt
Texture fill rateno data601.9
Floating-point processing powerno data38.52 TFLOPS
ROPsno data192
TMUsno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data72
L0 Cacheno data2.3 MB
L1 Cacheno data3 MB
L2 Cacheno data6 MB
L3 Cacheno data64 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 data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data576.0 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 dataPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.2
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
−46.5%
148
+46.5%
1440p57
−87.7%
107
+87.7%
4K36
−103%
73
+103%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Far Cry 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Fortnite 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Far Cry 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Fortnite 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 139
+0%
139
+0%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Valorant 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 135
+0%
135
+0%
Far Cry 5 128
+0%
128
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 168
+0%
168
+0%
Valorant 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 350−400
+0%
350−400
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 106
+0%
106
+0%
Metro Exodus 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 93
+0%
93
+0%
Far Cry 5 123
+0%
123
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 146
+0%
146
+0%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 116
+0%
116
+0%
Valorant 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 44
+0%
44
+0%
Far Cry 5 103
+0%
103
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and RX 7900M compete in popular games:

  • RX 7900M is 47% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7900M is 88% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7900M is 103% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 57 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Recency 3 March 2026 19 October 2023

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 2 years.

We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Radeon RX 7900M. We've got no test results to judge.

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Community ratings

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