Apple M2 Max 30-core vs AMD Radeon RX 6400

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Max 30-core and AMD Radeon RX 6400 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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Apple M2 Max 30-core

AMD Radeon RX 6400

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Max 30-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 6 nm
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 80552 vs 32766

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 19 Jan 2022
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 6 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	80552 vs 32766

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6400

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1923 MHz vs 1398 MHz
25.6x more pipelines: 768 vs 30

Core clock speed	1923 MHz vs 1398 MHz
Pipelines	768 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Max 30-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6400

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

80552

32766

Name	Apple M2 Max 30-core	AMD Radeon RX 6400
Geekbench - OpenCL	80552	32766
PassMark - G2D Mark		706
PassMark - G3D Mark		7627
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3579

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Max 30-core	AMD Radeon RX 6400
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	19 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	235	234
Architecture		RDNA 2.0
Code name		Navi 24
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	1923 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	6 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.736 TFLOPS	3.565 TFLOPS
Pipelines	30	768
Render output units	120
Boost clock speed		2321 MHz
Compute units		12
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		222.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		7.130 TFLOPS (2:1)
Pixel fill rate		74.27 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		111.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		53 Watt
Transistor count		5400 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	128.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	512 bit	64 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory clock speed		2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		Single-slot
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x4
Recommended system power (PSU)		250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL		2.2
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan