Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 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 ranking52657
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.34
Architectureno dataVega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameno dataVega Renoir
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)7 January 2020 (6 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 cores40384
Core clock speedno data400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technologyno data7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt

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-8533no data
Shared memoryno data+

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12_1

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
+405%
20
−405%
1440p57
+138%
24
−138%
4K36
+100%
18
−100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 52
+0%
52
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 13
+0%
13
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 14
+0%
14
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 22
+0%
22
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 34
+0%
34
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
+0%
10
+0%
Far Cry 5 15
+0%
15
+0%
Fortnite 33
+0%
33
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 12
+0%
12
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Valorant 97
+0%
97
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 21
+0%
21
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 14
+0%
14
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 56
+0%
56
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7
+0%
7
+0%
Dota 2 42
+0%
42
+0%
Far Cry 5 16
+0%
16
+0%
Fortnite 22
+0%
22
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 15
+0%
15
+0%
Metro Exodus 8
+0%
8
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16
+0%
16
+0%
Valorant 73
+0%
73
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 19
+0%
19
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 8
+0%
8
+0%
Dota 2 40
+0%
40
+0%
Far Cry 5 16
+0%
16
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
+0%
11
+0%
Valorant 19
+0%
19
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Valorant 49
+0%
49
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Valorant 22
+0%
22
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Dota 2 19
+0%
19
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:

  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 405% faster in 1080p
  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 138% faster in 1440p
  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 100% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 57 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 March 2026 7 January 2020

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 Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000). We've got no test results to judge.

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