Radeon VII 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 ranking52128
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data19.38
Power efficiencyno data10.14
Architectureno dataGCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameno dataVega 20
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)7 February 2019 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

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 cores403840
Core clock speedno data1400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1750 MHz
Number of transistorsno data13,230 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data295 Watt
Texture fill rateno data420.0
Floating-point processing powerno data13.44 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data240
L1 Cacheno data960 KB
L2 Cacheno data4 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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data280 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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-8533HBM2
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data4096 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1024 GB/s

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
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12 (12_1)
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
−19.8%
121
+19.8%
1440p57
−31.6%
75
+31.6%
4K36
−61.1%
58
+61.1%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data5.78
1440pno data9.32
4Kno data12.05

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 136
+0%
136
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Far Cry 5 99
+0%
99
+0%
Fortnite 195
+0%
195
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 163
+0%
163
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 157
+0%
157
+0%
Valorant 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 137
+0%
137
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Dota 2 160
+0%
160
+0%
Far Cry 5 95
+0%
95
+0%
Fortnite 154
+0%
154
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 157
+0%
157
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 111
+0%
111
+0%
Metro Exodus 88
+0%
88
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 158
+0%
158
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 139
+0%
139
+0%
Valorant 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 127
+0%
127
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Dota 2 147
+0%
147
+0%
Far Cry 5 91
+0%
91
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 130
+0%
130
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 143
+0%
143
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75
+0%
75
+0%
Valorant 197
+0%
197
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 114
+0%
114
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 43
+0%
43
+0%
Metro Exodus 56
+0%
56
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 100−105
+0%
100−105
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Far Cry 5 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 62
+0%
62
+0%
Metro Exodus 37
+0%
37
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 54
+0%
54
+0%
Valorant 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 73
+0%
73
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Dota 2 78
+0%
78
+0%
Far Cry 5 59
+0%
59
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 77
+0%
77
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 58
+0%
58
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 44
+0%
44
+0%

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

  • Radeon VII is 20% faster in 1080p
  • Radeon VII is 32% faster in 1440p
  • Radeon VII is 61% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Recency 3 March 2026 7 February 2019

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 7 years.

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

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

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