Apple M1 Max 24-core vs AMD Radeon RX 5600

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Max 24-core and AMD Radeon RX 5600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Apple M1 Max 24-core

AMD Radeon RX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Max 24-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 1130 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
15x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 66146 vs 60737
Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25004 vs 14115
Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25004 vs 14115

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 Oct 2021 vs 21 Jan 2020
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	66146 vs 60737
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25004 vs 14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25004 vs 14115

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600

85.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 24
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7991 vs 7440
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7991 vs 7440
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 19735 vs 6721
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 19735 vs 6721

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2048 vs 24
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7991 vs 7440
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7991 vs 7440
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	19735 vs 6721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	19735 vs 6721

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Max 24-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5600

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

66146

60737

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25004

14115

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25004

14115

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

7991

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

7991

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6721

19735

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6721

19735

Name	Apple M1 Max 24-core	AMD Radeon RX 5600
Geekbench - OpenCL	66146	60737
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25004	14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25004	14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440	7991
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440	7991
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721	19735
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721	19735
PassMark - G2D Mark		707
PassMark - G3D Mark		12137

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Max 24-core	AMD Radeon RX 5600
Essentials
Launch date	26 Oct 2021	21 Jan 2020
Place in performance rating	127	130
Architecture		RDNA 1.0
Code name		Navi 10
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	1130 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.962 TFLOPS	6.390 TFLOPS
Pipelines	24	2048
Render output units	96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	150 Watt
Boost clock speed		1560 MHz
Compute units		32
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		399.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		12.78 TFLOPS (2:1)
Pixel fill rate		99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		199.7 GTexel/s
Transistor count		10300 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	512 bit	192 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		6 GB
Memory clock speed		1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)		350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
Width		Dual-slot
API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenCL		2.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.5
Vulkan