AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT, vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
132
74
61
39
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
123
98
66
37
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
196
133
95
49
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
105
94
69
38
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
72
57
44
21
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
97
87
61
37
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
78
63
44
24
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
74
63
40
20
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
112
79
40
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High111n/a
1080p Ultra87n/a
1440p Ultra62n/a
4K Ultra34n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
9282
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
8594
Time Spy9919n/a
Solar Bay3869839437
Port Royal4882n/a
Fire Strike29382n/a
Night Raid115897n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
90831
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
75207
Background Blur220.1 frames/s153.3 frames/s
Face Detection128.3 frames/s101 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.94 Gpix/sec2.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.13 Gpix/sec4.09 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.68 Gpix/sec3.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.94 Gpix/sec0.84 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching408.2 Gpix/sec212.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10694.7 fps9757.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
17133
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
G2D Mark914n/a
DirectX 11169 fpsn/a
DirectX 1261 fpsn/a
GPU Compute7820 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
116.7 fps
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)817.2 fpsn/a
Car Chase718.6 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)586 fpsn/a
T-Rex2660.2 fpsn/a
ALU 23188.1 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2287.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2225.3n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
18459
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
32720
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
31852
Image Classification (SP)n/a8260
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a25244
Horizon Detectionn/a33177
Face Detection (HP)n/a51773
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a190718
Text Classification (SP)n/a2913
Machine Translation (HP)n/a8985
Object Detection (SP)n/a7777
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a63837
Style Transfer (SP)n/a128419
Frameworkn/aCore ML
Backendn/aGPU

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced May, 10, 2022 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Apple M GPU
Codename Navi 23 Custom
Price 399 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2055 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 2635 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 2048 2048
TMUs 128 128
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units n/a 256
Ray Tracing Cores 32 n/a
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 2000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 169 Gpix/sec 104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 337 GTex/s 207 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.8 TFLOPS 6.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 Custom
TGP 176 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 237 mm² n/a
Transistor count 11 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2190 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 17500 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
280.3 GB/s
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
307 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
5 (100%)
0 (0%)
Total Votes: 5

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