Radeon RX 560 Mobile vs Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU

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RX 560 Mobile RX 560 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking52481
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.67
Power efficiencyno data12.24
Architectureno dataGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameno dataBaffin
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)5 January 2017 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$99.99

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 cores401024
Core clock speedno data1175 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1275 MHz
Number of transistorsno data3,000 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data65 Watt
Texture fill rateno data76.93
Floating-point processing powerno data2.462 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data64
L1 Cacheno data256 KB
L2 Cacheno data1024 KB

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 datalarge
Interfaceno dataMXM-B (3.0)

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 data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96 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 dataPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkan-1.3

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 HD101
+135%
43
−135%
1440p57no data
4K36
+0%
36
+0%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.33
4Kno data2.78

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry 5 35
+0%
35
+0%
Fortnite 87
+0%
87
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 49
+0%
49
+0%
Valorant 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Dota 2 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Far Cry 5 30
+0%
30
+0%
Fortnite 63
+0%
63
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45
+0%
45
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35
+0%
35
+0%
Valorant 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Dota 2 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Far Cry 5 27
+0%
27
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 13
+0%
13
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20
+0%
20
+0%
Valorant 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 50
+0%
50
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Valorant 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Dota 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 36
+0%
36
+0%

This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and RX 560 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 135% faster in 1080p
  • 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 5 January 2017

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 560 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

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Community ratings

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