AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs Apple M2 Max GPU (38-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 M2 Max GPU (38-core) (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
|---|---|---|
| 4K Gaming | 91.0 Excellent | — |
| NanoReview Score | 85.0 Very Good | — |
| Rasterization | 94.0 Excellent | — |
| Ray Tracing | 78.0 Very Good | — |
| Efficiency | — | 75.0 Good |
| Gaming | — | 26.0 Poor |
Detailed Technical Specifications
Memory
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 24 GB GDDR6 (384-bit) | — |
| Bus | — | 512-bit |
| ECC | — | No |
| Effective Memory Speed | — | 12800 Mbps |
| Memory Clock | — | 6400 MHz |
| Memory Type | — | System Shared |
Performance
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | AMD RDNA 3 (Chiplet Design) | Apple M GPU |
| Stream Processors | 6,144 Stream Processors | — |
Power
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Tdp | 355W TBP | — |
3D Mark
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Solar Bay | — | 30368 |
| Wild Life Extreme | — | 24948 |
API
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
|---|---|---|
| DLSS | — | No |
| Ray Tracing | — | No |
GeekBench 6 ML
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Backend | — | GPU |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | — | 31105 |
| Face Detection (HP) | — | 27965 |
| Framework | — | Core ML |
| Image Classification (SP) | — | 6657 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | — | 13854 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | — | 18642 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | — | 2052 |
| Object Detection (SP) | — | 6495 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | — | 83144 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | — | 135686 |
| Text Classification (SP) | — | 2377 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
|---|---|---|
| API | — | OpenCL |
| Background Blur | — | 149 img/sec |
| Edge Detection | — | 6.88 Gpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | — | 98.1 img/sec |
| Feature Matching | — | 0.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | — | 4.44 Gpixels/sec |
| Horizon Detection | — | 3.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | — | 11144.2 FPS |
| Stereo Matching | — | 264.9 Gpixels/sec |
General
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | AMD RDNA 3 (Chiplet Design) | Apple M GPU |
| Build | — | Integrated |
| Case | — | Laptop |
| Nvidia Equivalent | — | -GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop |
| Purpose | — | Professional |
| Released | — | January 17, 2023 |
| Segment | — | High-end |
| Successor | — | -Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Used in CPUs | — | -Apple M2 Max |
| Vendor | — | Apple |
Graphics Processing Unit
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | — | 450 MHz |
| Boost Clock | — | 1398 MHz |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | — | 608 |
| Instructions Per Cycle | — | 2 IPC |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | — | 152 |
| Shading Units | — | 4864 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | — | 304 |
Physical
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Fabrication Process | — | 5 nm |
| Interface | — | Custom |
| Manufacturing | — | TSMC |
| Max. Temperature | — | 94°C |
| TGP | — | 70 W |
| Transistor Count | — | 52 billion |
Raw Performance
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | — | 212 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | — | 425 GTexel/s |
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