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AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)

31 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
VS
58 out 100
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, vs Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
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
Processors:
Radeon RX 5700 XT
vs
M5 Max GPU (40-core)

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
130
72
58
38
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
116
95
66
32
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
184
128
91
49
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
102
86
66
35
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
69
56
42
19
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
33
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
74
58
43
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
69
60
37
16
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
118
107
73
36
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High106n/a
1080p Ultra83n/a
1440p Ultra59n/a
4K Ultra31n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
17913
Time Spy9425n/a
Solar Bayn/a79412
Fire Strike27535n/a
Night Raid103141n/a
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT], [Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
146407
Background Blur148 frames/s257 frames/s
Face Detection89.5 frames/s182.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.52 Gpix/sec5.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.98 Gpix/sec8.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.11 Gpix/sec8.86 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.75 Gpix/sec1.28 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching295.8 Gpix/sec455.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10480.7 fps21658 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT], [Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a
G2D Mark921n/a
DirectX 11117 fpsn/a
DirectX 1265 fpsn/a
GPU Compute7839 Ops/sn/a
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)695.6 fpsn/a
Car Chase606.1 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex2407 fpsn/a
ALU 23024.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2299.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2576.4n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
n/a
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
29452
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
n/a
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
46343
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
n/a
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
43305
Image Classification (SP)n/a10711
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a42406
Horizon Detectionn/a42905
Face Detection (HP)n/a73489
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a289766
Text Classification (SP)n/a6087
Machine Translation (HP)n/a8881
Object Detection (SP)n/a10130
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a84224
Style Transfer (SP)n/a264552
Frameworkn/aCore ML
Backendn/aGPU
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)]

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced July, 7, 2019 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Apple M GPU
Codename Navi 10 Custom
Price 399 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1905 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 2560 5120
TMUs 160 320
ROPs 64 160
Execution Units n/a 640
Ray Tracing Cores No n/a
Tensor Cores No n/a
L2 cache 4000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 259 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 305 GTex/s 518 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.8 TFLOPS 16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 Custom
TGP 225 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 251 mm² n/a
Transistor count 10 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 256 bit 512 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 GB/s
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
614 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 n/a
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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