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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)

66 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
VS
58 out 100
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 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 9070 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 9070 XT
vs
M5 Max GPU (40-core)

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
237
162
142
109
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High225n/a
1080p Ultra187n/a
1440p Ultra146n/a
4K Ultra86n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
17913
Time Spy30268n/a
Solar Bay11900779412
Port Royal18715n/a
Fire Strike66051n/a
Night Raid199232n/a
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT], [Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
146407
Background Blur427.4 frames/s257 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s182.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec5.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec8.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec8.86 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.28 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec455.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps21658 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT], [Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a
G2D Mark1347n/a
DirectX 11294 fpsn/a
DirectX 1280 fpsn/a
GPU Compute15847 Ops/sn/a
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fpsn/a
Car Chase1403.1 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fpsn/a
T-Rex4704.1 fpsn/a
ALU 28678.1 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation6928.5n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
29452
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
46343
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070 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 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 Custom
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 4096 5120
TMUs 256 320
ROPs 128 160
Execution Units 64 640
Ray Tracing Cores 64 n/a
Tensor Cores 128 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 380 Gpix/sec 259 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 518 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 Custom
TGP 304 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 357 mm² n/a
Transistor count 53.9 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 256 bit 512 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 XT
644.6 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 2.1a n/a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

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