AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 and Apple M5 Max GPU (32-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
235
158
133
102
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High214n/a
1080p Ultra178n/a
1440p Ultra139n/a
4K Ultra81n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
15356
Time Spy27004n/a
Solar Bay10507870002
Port Royal16158n/a
Fire Strike60559n/a
Night Raid170494n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
124299
Background Blur377.5 frames/s234.8 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s158.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec4.48 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec6.62 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec7.19 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec384.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps17866.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
n/a
G2D Mark1274n/a
DirectX 11281 fpsn/a
DirectX 1272 fpsn/a
GPU Compute14704 Ops/sn/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
27222
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
43864
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
40615
Image Classification (SP)1537510338
Image Segmentation (HP)3783442053
Horizon Detection4391041729
Face Detection (HP)6785871929
Pose Estimation (Q)172939287035
Text Classification (SP)44692958
Machine Translation (HP)84999156
Object Detection (SP)153939951
Depth Estimation (Q)6689082338
Style Transfer (SP)365633264780
FrameworkONNXCore ML
BackendDirectMLGPU

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070
2688.73
Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 7, 2025 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Apple M GPU
Codename Navi 48 XL Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 3584 4096
TMUs 224 256
ROPs 128 128
Execution Units 56 512
Ray Tracing Cores 56 n/a
Tensor Cores 112 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 4000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 207 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 415 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 13.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 Custom
TGP 220 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² n/a
Transistor count 53.9 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 16 GB n/a
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
460.8 GB/s

API

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

Results

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