GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q vs Radeon Pro 5600M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 232 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 33.38 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Navi 12 | AD106 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 15 June 2020 (4 years ago) | 3 January 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 cores | 2560 | 4608 |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 735 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1030 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 164.8 | 177.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.274 TFLOPS | 11.34 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 48 |
| TMUs | 160 | 144 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 144 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 36 |
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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 type | HBM2 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 770 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 394.2 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
| 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 Connectors | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 June 2020 | 3 January 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 35 Watt |
RTX 4070 Max-Q has an age advantage of 2 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 42.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro 5600M and GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Pro 5600M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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