Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking901not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.99no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.2 (2016)no data
GPU code nameBristol Ridgeno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)17 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 cores51238
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors2410 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-45 Watt53 Watt

Form factor & compatibility

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Laptop sizemedium sizedmedium sized

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 typeno dataLPDDR5-6400
Memory bus width64/128 Bitno data
Shared memory++

API compatibility

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DirectX12 (FL 12_0)no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2016 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 53 Watt

R7 (Bristol Ridge) has 341.7% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) and M2 Max 38-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)
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