Apple M2 Max 30-core vs AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Max 30-core and AMD Radeon Pro W6900X 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

Apple M2 Max 30-core

AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Max 30-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm

Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 3 Aug 2021
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Around 31% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1398 MHz
170.7x more pipelines: 5120 vs 30
Around 88% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 151605 vs 80552

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1398 MHz
Pipelines	5120 vs 30
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	151605 vs 80552

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Max 30-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

80552

151605

Name	Apple M2 Max 30-core	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X
Geekbench - OpenCL	80552	151605
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3739
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3739

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Max 30-core	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	3 Aug 2021
Place in performance rating	235	232
Architecture		RDNA 2.0
Code name		Navi 21
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.736 TFLOPS	22.02 TFLOPS
Pipelines	30	5120
Render output units	120
Boost clock speed		2150 MHz
Compute units		80
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1,376 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		44.03 TFLOPS (2:1)
Pixel fill rate		275.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		688.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		300 W
Transistor count		26800 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	512 bit	256 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		32 GB
Memory clock speed		2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x HDMI 2.14x Thunderbolt
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		Quad-slot
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x16
Length		267 mm 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		700 W
Supplementary power connectors		None
Width		120 mm 4.7 inches
API support
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL		2.1
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan