Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU vs Radeon RX 7900 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2052
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation44.32no data
Power efficiency17.80no data
ArchitectureRDNA 3.0 (2022−2026)no data
GPU code nameNavi 31no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date3 November 2022 (3 years ago)3 March 2026 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 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 cores537640
Core clock speed1387 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2394 MHzno data
Number of transistors57,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)300 Wattno data
Texture fill rate804.4no data
Floating-point processing power51.48 TFLOPSno data
ROPs192no data
TMUs336no data
Ray Tracing Cores84no data
L0 Cache2.6 MBno data
L1 Cache3 MBno data
L2 Cache6 MBno data
L3 Cache80 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
Length276 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-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 amount20 GBno data
Memory bus width320 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth800.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-Cno data
HDMI+-

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
OpenCL2.2no data
Vulkan1.3-

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 HD199
+97%
101
−97%
1440p135
+137%
57
−137%
4K85
+136%
36
−136%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.52no data
1440p6.66no data
4K10.58no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 300−350 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 237 no data
Resident Evil 4 Remake 307 no data

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 180−190 no data
Counter-Strike 2 288 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 212 no data
Far Cry 5 196 no data
Fortnite 300−350 no data
Forza Horizon 4 280−290 no data
Forza Horizon 5 244 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 2 268 no data
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 190 no data
Dota 2 199 no data
Far Cry 5 187 no data
Fortnite 300−350 no data
Forza Horizon 4 280−290 no data
Forza Horizon 5 223 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 173 no data
Metro Exodus 146 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 483 no data
Valorant 400−450 no data

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 180−190 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 179 no data
Dota 2 184 no data
Far Cry 5 173 no data
Forza Horizon 4 280−290 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 255 no data
Valorant 400−450 no data

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 300−350 no data

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 206 no data
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 500−550 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 159 no data
Metro Exodus 135 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
Valorant 450−500 no data

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 180−190 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 122 no data
Far Cry 5 173 no data
Forza Horizon 4 240−250 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 179 no data

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 150−160 no data

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 50 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 175 no data
Metro Exodus 87 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 156 no data
Valorant 300−350 no data

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 130−140 no data
Counter-Strike 2 95−100 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 60 no data
Dota 2 153 no data
Far Cry 5 132 no data
Forza Horizon 4 200−210 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 95−100 no data

4K
Epic

Fortnite 75−80 no data

This is how RX 7900 XT and Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • RX 7900 XT is 97% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7900 XT is 137% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7900 XT is 136% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 November 2022 3 March 2026

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

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 7900 XT and M5 Max 40-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 7900 XT is a desktop graphics card while Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is a notebook one.

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