Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 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 ranking52434
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data15.01
Architectureno dataVega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameno dataVega Kaby Lake-G
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)7 January 2018 (8 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 cores401280
Core clock speedno data931 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1011 MHz
Manufacturing process technologyno data14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data65 Watt

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 datamedium sized

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 data4 GB
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
+135%
43
−135%
1440p57
+104%
28
−104%
4K36
+157%
14
−157%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 62
+0%
62
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Far Cry 5 42
+0%
42
+0%
Fortnite 86
+0%
86
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 52
+0%
52
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Dota 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry 5 39
+0%
39
+0%
Fortnite 56
+0%
56
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 41
+0%
41
+0%
Metro Exodus 24
+0%
24
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 41
+0%
41
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 48
+0%
48
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Dota 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry 5 36
+0%
36
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24
+0%
24
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 38
+0%
38
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Metro Exodus 14
+0%
14
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 62
+0%
62
+0%
Valorant 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 34
+0%
34
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Far Cry 5 24
+0%
24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 24
+0%
24
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 29
+0%
29
+0%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+0%
14
+0%
Valorant 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 16
+0%
16
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Dota 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Far Cry 5 12
+0%
12
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 9
+0%
9
+0%

This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and RX Vega M GL / 870 compete in popular games:

  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 135% faster in 1080p
  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 104% faster in 1440p
  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 157% 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 January 2018

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 M GL / 870. We've got no test results to judge.

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