Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)no data
GPU code nameM86no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date7 January 2008 (16 years ago)31 October 2023 (1 year 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 cores12040
Core clock speed600 MHzno data
Number of transistors378 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data53 Watt
Texture fill rate4.800no data
Floating-point processing power0.144 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no data

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 sizemedium sizedmedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data

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 typeGDDR3LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed700 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)no data
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2008 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm

Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 15 years, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobility FireGL V5700 and Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobility FireGL V5700 is a mobile workstation card while Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU is a mobile workstation one.


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ATI Mobility FireGL V5700
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