Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs ATI Radeon X1650

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)no data
GPU code nameRV516no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 November 2007 (16 years ago)31 October 2023 (1 year 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 coresno data40
Core clock speed635 MHzno data
Number of transistors107 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology80 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data53 Watt
Texture fill rate2.540no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs4no 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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR2LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount256 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed392 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth6.272 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)no data
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 November 2007 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 80 nm 5 nm

Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 15 years, and a 1500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1650 and Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X1650 is a desktop card while Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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