Radeon RX Vega 11 vs Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU

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Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU M5 Max 40-Core GPU
RX Vega 11 RX Vega 11

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking52679
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data11.00
Architectureno dataGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameno dataRaven
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)10 May 2018 (7 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 cores40704
Core clock speedno data300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1251 MHz
Number of transistorsno data4,940 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data55.04
Floating-point processing powerno data1.761 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data44

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 dataIGP
Widthno dataIGP
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-8533System Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus widthno dataSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
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 dataMotherboard Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.7 (6.4)
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
+261%
28
−261%
1440p57
+850%
6
−850%
4K36
+200%
12
−200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 31
+0%
31
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Far Cry 5 19
+0%
19
+0%
Fortnite 86
+0%
86
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 38
+0%
38
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Valorant 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 26
+0%
26
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Dota 2 46
+0%
46
+0%
Far Cry 5 18
+0%
18
+0%
Fortnite 31
+0%
31
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 35
+0%
35
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 17
+0%
17
+0%
Metro Exodus 9
+0%
9
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+0%
14
+0%
Valorant 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 25
+0%
25
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Dota 2 42
+0%
42
+0%
Far Cry 5 17
+0%
17
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 29
+0%
29
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10
+0%
10
+0%
Valorant 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Valorant 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Valorant 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 8
+0%
8
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Dota 2 17
+0%
17
+0%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 12
+0%
12
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and RX Vega 11 compete in popular games:

  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 261% faster in 1080p
  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 850% faster in 1440p
  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 200% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 57 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Recency 3 March 2026 10 May 2018

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 7 years.

We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Radeon RX Vega 11. 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 Vega 11 is a desktop one.

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