Apple M2 Max 30-core vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Max 30-core and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Apple M2 Max 30-core

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Max 30-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 1138 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 14 nm
Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 80633 vs 61716

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 14 August 2017
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	80633 vs 61716

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

119.5x more pipelines: 3584 vs 30

Pipelines	3584 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Max 30-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

80633

61716

Name	Apple M2 Max 30-core	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
Geekbench - OpenCL	80633	61716
PassMark - G3D Mark		12354
PassMark - G2D Mark		828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		153.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1722.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		126.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1172.788
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Max 30-core	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	14 August 2017
Place in performance rating	243	242
Architecture		GCN 5.0
Code name		Vega 10
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	1138 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	14 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.736 TFLOPS
Pipelines	30	3584
Render output units	120
Boost clock speed		1250 MHz
Floating-point performance		9,677 gflops
Texture fill rate		302.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		210 Watt
Transistor count		12,500 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	402.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 bit	2048 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory clock speed		1572 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.6