Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) vs AMD Radeon 890M

Compared 2 processors: Apple M5 GPU (8-Core), vs AMD Radeon 890M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) and AMD Radeon 890M
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
58
31
27
14
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
36
28
15
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
53
34
24
10
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
46
36
23
12
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
25
19
15
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
40
34
22
15
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
24
19
12
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
26
21
11
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
42
37
25
12
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a39
1080p Ultran/a29
1440p Ultran/a19
4K Ultran/a10
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
4481
AMD Radeon 890M
3224
Time Spyn/a3373
Solar Bay1979414769
Port Royaln/a1820
Fire Striken/a9007
Night Raidn/a39135
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
AMD Radeon 890M
42932
Background Blurn/a98.6 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a42 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a1.25 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a1.6 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a1.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a0.55 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a214.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a7757.7 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
AMD Radeon 890M
8470
G2D Markn/a1006
DirectX 11n/a77 fps
DirectX 12n/a37 fps
GPU Computen/a4421 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
AMD Radeon 890M
39.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a197.2 fps
Car Chasen/a229.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a189.7 fps
T-Rexn/a754.1 fps
ALU 2n/a906.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a251.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1577.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Build Integrated Integrated
Announced March, 3, 2026 June, 3, 2024
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Professional Universal
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU RDNA 3+
Codename Custom Strix Point

GPU

GPU Frequency n/a 800 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1620 MHz 2900 MHz
Shader Units 1024 1024
TMUs 64 64
ROPs 32 40
Execution Units 128 16
Ray Tracing Cores n/a 16
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 52 Gpix/sec 116 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 104 GTex/s 186 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.3 TFLOPS 5.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP n/a 15 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Max temperature 100 °C 100 °C
Transistor Size n/a 178 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 25.4 billion
Transistor density n/a 142.7 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared System Shared
Memory Frequency 9600 MHz n/a
Bus 128 bit n/a
ECC support No n/a
Max Throughput
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
153 GB/s
AMD Radeon 890M
n/a

API

DirectX n/a 12
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenGL n/a 4.6
DisplayPort n/a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon 890M the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Total Votes: 0

User comments

Share your opinion or ask questions below