Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5283
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data47.41
Power efficiencyno data15.80
Architectureno dataRDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)
GPU code nameno dataNavi 22
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)3 March 2021 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$479

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 cores402560
Core clock speedno data2321 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2581 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,200 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data230 Watt
Texture fill rateno data413.0
Floating-point processing powerno data13.21 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40
L0 Cacheno data640 KB
L1 Cacheno data512 KB
L2 Cacheno data3 MB
L3 Cacheno data96 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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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-8533GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data12 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data384.0 GB/s
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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
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 HD101
−46.5%
148
+46.5%
1440p57
−42.1%
81
+42.1%
4K36
−27.8%
46
+27.8%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.24
1440pno data5.91
4Kno data10.41

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 349
+0%
349
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 119
+0%
119
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 257
+0%
257
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 347
+0%
347
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 99
+0%
99
+0%
Far Cry 5 178
+0%
178
+0%
Fortnite 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 224
+0%
224
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 206
+0%
206
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 90
+0%
90
+0%
Dota 2 175
+0%
175
+0%
Far Cry 5 169
+0%
169
+0%
Fortnite 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 200
+0%
200
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 161
+0%
161
+0%
Metro Exodus 119
+0%
119
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 223
+0%
223
+0%
Valorant 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 85
+0%
85
+0%
Dota 2 139
+0%
139
+0%
Far Cry 5 159
+0%
159
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 127
+0%
127
+0%
Valorant 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 126
+0%
126
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 102
+0%
102
+0%
Metro Exodus 71
+0%
71
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 56
+0%
56
+0%
Far Cry 5 137
+0%
137
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 32
+0%
32
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 102
+0%
102
+0%
Metro Exodus 43
+0%
43
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+0%
74
+0%
Valorant 280−290
+0%
280−290
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 25
+0%
25
+0%
Dota 2 106
+0%
106
+0%
Far Cry 5 71
+0%
71
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and RX 6700 XT compete in popular games:

  • RX 6700 XT is 47% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6700 XT is 42% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6700 XT is 28% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Recency 3 March 2026 3 March 2021

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 5 years.

We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Radeon RX 6700 XT. 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 6700 XT is a desktop one.

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