Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking220not rated
Place by popularity83not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation58.69no data
Power efficiency15.91no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameNavi 24no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date19 January 2022 (2 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 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 cores102432
Core clock speed2610 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed2815 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology6 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)107 Watt44 Watt
Texture fill rate180.2no data
Floating-point processing power5.765 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs64no data
Ray Tracing Cores16no 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed2248 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth143.9 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 HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4ano data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.6no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.2no data
Vulkan1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 January 2022 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 6 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 107 Watt 44 Watt

RX 6500 XT has an age advantage of 1 year.

Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU, on the other hand, has a 20% more advanced lithography process, and 143.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6500 XT and Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6500 XT is a desktop card while Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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