Apple M2 Max 30-core vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Max 30-core and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 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 64

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Max 30-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 1250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 14 nm
Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 80717 vs 71252

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	80717 vs 71252

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

136.5x more pipelines: 4096 vs 30

Pipelines	4096 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Max 30-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

80717

71252

Name	Apple M2 Max 30-core	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
Geekbench - OpenCL	80717	71252
PassMark - G3D Mark		12920
PassMark - G2D Mark		797
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		142.691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1729.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		12.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		111.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1396.172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		13339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		13339
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 64
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	27 June 2017
Place in performance rating	234	231
Architecture		GCN 5.0
Code name		Vega 10
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	1250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	14 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.736 TFLOPS
Pipelines	30	4096
Render output units	120
Boost clock speed		1350 MHz
Floating-point performance		11,059 gflops
Texture fill rate		345.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		250 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		16 GB
Memory clock speed		1572 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
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