Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	480	not rated
Place by popularity	29	not in top-100
Power efficiency	41.96	no data
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	no data
GPU code name	Vega	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2020 (4 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 cores	512	30
Boost clock speed	2100 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no 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 size

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medium 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 type	no data	LPDDR5-6400
Shared memory	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX

12_1

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 January 2020	17 January 2023
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm

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