Apple M2 Max 30-core vs AMD Radeon RX 5600M

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Max 30-core and AMD Radeon RX 5600M 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Max 30-core

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
  • Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 80808 vs 55534
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 Jan 2023 vs 7 Jan 2020
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 7 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 80808 vs 55534

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600M

  • 76.8x more pipelines: 2304 vs 30
Pipelines 2304 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Max 30-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5600M

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
80808
55534
Name Apple M2 Max 30-core AMD Radeon RX 5600M
Geekbench - OpenCL 80808 55534
PassMark - G3D Mark 8845
PassMark - G2D Mark 486
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11117
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7694
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11117
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7694
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1320

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple M2 Max 30-core AMD Radeon RX 5600M

Essentials

Launch date 17 Jan 2023 7 Jan 2020
Place in performance rating 235 238
Architecture RDNA
Code name Navi 10
Type Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1398 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 7 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.736 TFLOPS
Pipelines 30 2304
Render output units 120
Boost clock speed 1265 MHz
Texture fill rate 182.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt
Transistor count 10300 million

Memory

Memory bandwidth 409.6 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 512 bit 192 bit
Memory type LPDDR5-6400 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.4