AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (85/100)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX leads overall with a score of 85/100 compared to Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core) (53/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
4K Gaming 91.0 Excellent
NanoReview Score 85.0 Very Good
Rasterization 94.0 Excellent
Ray Tracing 78.0 Very Good
Efficiency 100.0 Excellent
Gaming 38.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Memory Size 24 GB GDDR6 (384-bit)
Bus 384-bit
ECC No
Memory Clock 9600 MHz
Memory Type System Shared

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Architecture AMD RDNA 3 (Chiplet Design) Apple M GPU
Stream Processors 6,144 Stream Processors

Power

Power specifications comparison
Specification AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Tdp 355W TBP

3D Mark

3D Mark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Solar Bay 69849
Wild Life Extreme 35790

API

API specifications comparison
Specification AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
DLSS No
Ray Tracing Yes

GeekBench 6 ML

GeekBench 6 ML specifications comparison
Specification AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Backend GPU
Depth Estimation (Q) 82338
Face Detection (HP) 71929
Framework Core ML
Image Classification (SP) 10338
Image Segmentation (HP) 42053
Image Super Resolution (Q) 41729
Machine Translation (HP) 9156
Object Detection (SP) 9951
Pose Estimation (Q) 287035
Style Transfer (SP) 264780
Text Classification (SP) 2958

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GeekBench 6 OpenCL specifications comparison
Specification AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
API OpenCL
Background Blur 234.8 img/sec
Edge Detection 6.62 Gpixels/sec
Face Detection 158.1 img/sec
Feature Matching 1.17 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 7.19 Gpixels/sec
Horizon Detection 4.48 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 17866.8 FPS
Stereo Matching 384.9 Gpixels/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Architecture AMD RDNA 3 (Chiplet Design) Apple M GPU
Build Integrated
Case Laptop
GPU Codename Custom
Purpose Professional
Recommended CPU -Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)or above
Released March 3, 2026
Segment Mid-range
Used in CPUs -Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
Vendor Apple

Graphics Processing Unit

Graphics Processing Unit specifications comparison
Specification AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Boost Clock 1620 MHz
Compute Units (Pipelines) 512
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC
Render Output Units (ROPs) 128
Shading Units 4096
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 256

Physical

Physical specifications comparison
Specification AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Fabrication Process 3 nm
Interface Custom
Manufacturing TSMC
Max. Temperature 100°C
Transistor Count 28 billion

Raw Performance

Raw Performance specifications comparison
Specification AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Pixel Fill Rate 207 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 415 GTexel/s

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