AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs Apple M5 Max GPU (40-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 (40-core) (58/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
|---|---|---|
| 4K Gaming | 91.0 Excellent | — |
| DeviceBenchmark Score | 85.0 Very Good | — |
| Rasterization | 94.0 Excellent | — |
| Ray Tracing | 78.0 Very Good | — |
| Efficiency | — | 100.0 Excellent |
| Gaming | — | 44.0 Poor |
Detailed Technical Specifications
Memory
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 24 GB GDDR6 (384-bit) | — |
| Bus | — | 512-bit |
| ECC | — | No |
| Memory Clock | — | 9600 MHz |
| Memory Type | — | System Shared |
Performance
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | AMD RDNA 3 (Chiplet Design) | Apple M GPU |
| Stream Processors | 6,144 Stream Processors | — |
Power
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Tdp | 355W TBP | — |
3D Mark
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Solar Bay | — | 79263 |
| Wild Life Extreme | — | 42423 |
API
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
|---|---|---|
| DLSS | — | No |
| Ray Tracing | — | Yes |
GeekBench 6 ML
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Backend | — | GPU |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | — | 84224 |
| Face Detection (HP) | — | 73489 |
| Framework | — | Core ML |
| Image Classification (SP) | — | 10711 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | — | 42406 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | — | 42905 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | — | 8881 |
| Object Detection (SP) | — | 10130 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | — | 289766 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | — | 264552 |
| Text Classification (SP) | — | 6087 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
|---|---|---|
| API | — | OpenCL |
| Background Blur | — | 257 img/sec |
| Edge Detection | — | 8.33 Gpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | — | 182.1 img/sec |
| Feature Matching | — | 1.28 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | — | 8.86 Gpixels/sec |
| Horizon Detection | — | 5.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | — | 21658 FPS |
| Stereo Matching | — | 455.4 Gpixels/sec |
General
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | AMD RDNA 3 (Chiplet Design) | Apple M GPU |
| Build | — | Integrated |
| Case | — | Laptop |
| GPU Codename | — | Custom |
| Purpose | — | Professional |
| Recommended CPU | — | -Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)or above |
| Released | — | March 3, 2026 |
| Segment | — | Mid-range |
| Used in CPUs | — | -Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) |
| Vendor | — | Apple |
Graphics Processing Unit
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | — | 1620 MHz |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | — | 640 |
| Instructions Per Cycle | — | 2 IPC |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | — | 160 |
| Shading Units | — | 5120 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | — | 320 |
Physical
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Fabrication Process | — | 3 nm |
| Interface | — | Custom |
| Manufacturing | — | TSMC |
| Max. Temperature | — | 100°C |
| Transistor Count | — | 28 billion |
Raw Performance
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | — | 259 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | — | 518 GTexel/s |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
|---|---|---|
| Date | — | Benchmark |
| 📘 2026-03-25(Steven) | — | Cinebench 2024 |
| 📘 2026-04-16->Apple lover | — | GeekBench |
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