Radeon RX 7700S 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 ranking52143
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.58
Architectureno dataRDNA 3.0 (2022−2026)
GPU code nameno dataNavi 33
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)4 January 2023 (3 years 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 cores402048
Core clock speedno data1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2500 MHz
Number of transistorsno data13,300 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data100 Watt
Texture fill rateno data320.0
Floating-point processing powerno data20.48 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32
L0 Cacheno data512 KB
L1 Cacheno data512 KB
L2 Cacheno data2 MB
L3 Cacheno data32 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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.2
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
−10.9%
112
+10.9%
1440p57
+0%
57
+0%
4K36
−2.8%
37
+2.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 100−105
+0%
100−105
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry 5 130
+0%
130
+0%
Fortnite 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Valorant 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Dota 2 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Far Cry 5 123
+0%
123
+0%
Fortnite 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 133
+0%
133
+0%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 147
+0%
147
+0%
Valorant 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Dota 2 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Far Cry 5 117
+0%
117
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 84
+0%
84
+0%
Valorant 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 67
+0%
67
+0%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Far Cry 5 81
+0%
81
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 68
+0%
68
+0%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 43
+0%
43
+0%
Valorant 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Dota 2 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Far Cry 5 39
+0%
39
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and RX 7700S compete in popular games:

  • RX 7700S is 11% faster in 1080p
  • A tie in 1440p
  • RX 7700S is 3% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Recency 3 March 2026 4 January 2023

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

We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Radeon RX 7700S. We've got no test results to judge.

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