Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU vs Radeon RX 6700

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking60not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency19.62no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameNavi 22no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date9 June 2021 (3 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 cores230430
Core clock speed1941 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2450 MHzno data
Number of transistors17,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Wattno data
Texture fill rate352.8no data
Floating-point processing power11.29 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs144no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no 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 4.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-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 amount10 GBno data
Memory bus width160 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth320.0 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 HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-Cno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 June 2021 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6700 and M2 Max 30-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6700 is a desktop card while Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon RX 6700
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