Radeon RX Vega 64 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 ranking52174
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data16.62
Power efficiencyno data8.68
Architectureno dataGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameno dataVega 10
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)7 August 2017 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores404096
Core clock speedno data1247 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1546 MHz
Number of transistorsno data12,500 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data295 Watt
Texture fill rateno data395.8
Floating-point processing powerno data12.66 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data256
L1 Cacheno data1 MB
L2 Cacheno data4 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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data279 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeLPDDR5x-8533HBM2
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data2048 Bit
Memory clock speedno data945 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data483.8 GB/s
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 data1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.1.125

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
−14.9%
116
+14.9%
1440p57
−35.1%
77
+35.1%
4K36
−41.7%
51
+41.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.30
1440pno data6.48
4Kno data9.78

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 161
+0%
161
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Far Cry 5 110
+0%
110
+0%
Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 167
+0%
167
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Valorant 315
+0%
315
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 146
+0%
146
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Dota 2 150
+0%
150
+0%
Far Cry 5 104
+0%
104
+0%
Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 158
+0%
158
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Metro Exodus 73
+0%
73
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 132
+0%
132
+0%
Valorant 293
+0%
293
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 139
+0%
139
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Dota 2 138
+0%
138
+0%
Far Cry 5 98
+0%
98
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 128
+0%
128
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 77
+0%
77
+0%
Valorant 140
+0%
140
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Metro Exodus 46
+0%
46
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 263
+0%
263
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Far Cry 5 81
+0%
81
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 98
+0%
98
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Metro Exodus 46
+0%
46
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 48
+0%
48
+0%
Valorant 205
+0%
205
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 59
+0%
59
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Dota 2 96
+0%
96
+0%
Far Cry 5 44
+0%
44
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 66
+0%
66
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and RX Vega 64 compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 64 is 15% faster in 1080p
  • RX Vega 64 is 35% faster in 1440p
  • RX Vega 64 is 42% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Recency 3 March 2026 7 August 2017

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 8 years.

We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Radeon RX Vega 64. 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 64 is a desktop one.

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