Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs Radeon RX 550

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking543not rated
Place by popularity18not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.92no data
Power efficiency10.13no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)no data
GPU code nameLexano data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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
Core clock speed1100 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1183 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate37.86no data
Floating-point processing power1.211 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs32no 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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8no data
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth112.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 53 Watt

RX 550 has 6% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 550 and Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550 is a desktop card while Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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