Radeon RX 480 vs Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU

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RX 480 RX 480

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking52306
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data13.65
Power efficiencyno data10.48
Architectureno dataGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameno dataEllesmere
GCN generationno data4th Gen
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)29 June 2016 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$229

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 cores402304
Compute unitsno data36
Core clock speedno data1120 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1266 MHz
Number of transistorsno data5,700 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data150 Watt
Texture fill rateno data182.3
Floating-point processing powerno data5.834 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data144
L1 Cacheno data576 KB
L2 Cacheno data2 MB

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).

Bus supportno datan/a
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data240 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire-+

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-8533GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data8000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data224 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Eyefinity-+
HDMI-2.0
DisplayPort support-1.4HDR

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration-n/a
CrossFire-+
Enduro-n/a
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
HD3D-n/a
LiquidVR-+
PowerTune-+
TressFX-+
TrueAudio-n/a
ZeroCore-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.5
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-+
Mantle-n/a

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
+31.2%
77
−31.2%
1440p57
+11.8%
51
−11.8%
4K36
+0%
36
+0%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.97
1440pno data4.49
4Kno data6.36

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Far Cry 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Fortnite 207
+0%
207
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 100
+0%
100
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Valorant 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 285
+0%
285
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Dota 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Fortnite 79
+0%
79
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 93
+0%
93
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 78
+0%
78
+0%
Metro Exodus 41
+0%
41
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 78
+0%
78
+0%
Valorant 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Dota 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 77
+0%
77
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45
+0%
45
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 44
+0%
44
+0%
Valorant 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 65
+0%
65
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 37
+0%
37
+0%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 241
+0%
241
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 39
+0%
39
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 36
+0%
36
+0%
Metro Exodus 15
+0%
15
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27
+0%
27
+0%
Valorant 120
+0%
120
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Dota 2 88
+0%
88
+0%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16
+0%
16
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 18
+0%
18
+0%

This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and RX 480 compete in popular games:

  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 31% faster in 1080p
  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 12% faster in 1440p
  • A tie in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Recency 3 March 2026 29 June 2016

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 9 years.

We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Radeon RX 480. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 480 is a desktop one.

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