Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU vs RTX 6000 Ada Generation

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2352
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.27no data
Power efficiency17.53no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)no data
GPU code nameAD102no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date3 December 2022 (3 years ago)3 March 2026 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,799 no data

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 cores1817640
Core clock speed915 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2505 MHzno data
Number of transistors76,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)300 Wattno data
Texture fill rate1,423no data
Floating-point processing power91.06 TFLOPSno data
ROPs192no data
TMUs568no data
Tensor Cores568no data
Ray Tracing Cores142no data
L1 Cache17.8 MBno data
L2 Cache96 MBno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5x-8533
Maximum RAM amount48 GBno data
Memory bus width384 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth960.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort 1.4ano data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.8no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA8.9-
DLSS+-

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 HD185
+83.2%
101
−83.2%
1440p161
+182%
57
−182%
4K108
+200%
36
−200%

Cost per frame, $

1080p36.75no data
1440p42.23no data
4K62.95no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 300−350 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180 no data
Resident Evil 4 Remake 210−220 no data

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 180−190 no data
Counter-Strike 2 300−350 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180 no data
Far Cry 5 130 no data
Fortnite 300−350 no data
Forza Horizon 4 270−280 no data
Forza Horizon 5 200−210 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
Valorant 400−450 no data

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 180−190 no data
Counter-Strike 2 300−350 no data
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180 no data
Far Cry 5 126 no data
Fortnite 300−350 no data
Forza Horizon 4 270−280 no data
Forza Horizon 5 200−210 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 170−180 no data
Metro Exodus 114 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 489 no data
Valorant 400−450 no data

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 180−190 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180 no data
Far Cry 5 118 no data
Forza Horizon 4 270−280 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 260 no data
Valorant 400−450 no data

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 300−350 no data

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 210−220 no data
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 500−550 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 140−150 no data
Metro Exodus 95 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
Valorant 450−500 no data

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 170−180 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110 no data
Far Cry 5 118 no data
Forza Horizon 4 240−250 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 219 no data

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 150−160 no data

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 40 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 160−170 no data
Metro Exodus 90 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 184 no data
Valorant 300−350 no data

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 130−140 no data
Counter-Strike 2 95−100 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50 no data
Far Cry 5 115 no data
Forza Horizon 4 190−200 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 95−100 no data

4K
Epic

Fortnite 75−80 no data

This is how RTX 6000 Ada Generation and Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • RTX 6000 Ada Generation is 83% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 6000 Ada Generation is 182% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 6000 Ada Generation is 200% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 December 2022 3 March 2026

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 3 years.

We couldn't decide between RTX 6000 Ada Generation and M5 Max 40-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX 6000 Ada Generation is a workstation graphics card while Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is a notebook one.

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