Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs Radeon Vega 7

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking532not rated
Place by popularity18not in top-100
Power efficiency11.38no data
ArchitectureGCN 5.1 (2018−2022)no data
GPU code nameCezanneno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date13 April 2021 (3 years ago)31 October 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 cores44840
Core clock speed300 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1900 MHzno data
Number of transistors9,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate53.20no data
Floating-point processing power1.702 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs28no 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
InterfaceIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedLPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 April 2021 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 53 Watt

Vega 7 has 17.8% lower power consumption.

Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Vega 7 and Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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