Apple M1 Max 24-core vs AMD Radeon RX 6700M

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Max 24-core and AMD Radeon RX 6700M 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Apple M1 Max 24-core

AMD Radeon RX 6700M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Max 24-core

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
18x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25004 vs 16145
Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25004 vs 16145

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25004 vs 16145
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25004 vs 16145

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700M

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1489 MHz vs 1296 MHz
96x more pipelines: 2304 vs 24
Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 78059 vs 66571

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1489 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Pipelines	2304 vs 24
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	78059 vs 66571

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Max 24-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

66571

78059

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25004

16145

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25004

16145

Name	Apple M1 Max 24-core	AMD Radeon RX 6700M
Geekbench - OpenCL	66571	78059
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25004	16145
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25004	16145
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721
PassMark - G2D Mark		567
PassMark - G3D Mark		13537
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1846

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Max 24-core	AMD Radeon RX 6700M
Essentials
Launch date	26 Oct 2021
Place in performance rating	125	122
Architecture		RDNA 2.0
Code name		Navi 22
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	1489 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.962 TFLOPS	10.37 TFLOPS
Pipelines	24	2304
Render output units	96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	180 Watt
Boost clock speed		2250 MHz
Compute units		36
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		648.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		20.74 TFLOPS (2:1)
Pixel fill rate		144.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		324.0 GTexel/s
Transistor count		17200 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	512 bit	160 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		10 GB
Memory clock speed		2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x16
API support
DirectX		12.2
OpenCL		2.1
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.5
Vulkan