Apple M5 Max 32-Core GPU vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	83	104
Place by popularity	73	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	47.41	no data
Power efficiency	15.80	no data
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)	no data
GPU code name	Navi 22	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	3 March 2021 (5 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$479	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

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 cores	2560	32
Core clock speed	2321 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	17,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	230 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	413.0	no data
Floating-point processing power	13.21 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	no data
TMUs	160	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	40	no data
L0 Cache	640 KB	no data
L1 Cache	512 KB	no data
L2 Cache	3 MB	no data
L3 Cache	96 MB	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	no data
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR6	LPDDR5x-8533
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	no data
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.1	no data
Vulkan	1.2	-

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 HD	144	no data
1440p	78	no data
4K	46	no data

Cost per frame, $

1080p	3.33	no data
1440p	6.14	no data
4K	10.41	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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