Apple M2 Max 30-core vs AMD Radeon RX Vega

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Max 30-core and AMD Radeon RX Vega videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. 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 RX Vega

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Max 30-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 14 nm
Around 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 80169 vs 67658

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 1 April 2017
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	80169 vs 67658

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

136.5x more pipelines: 4096 vs 30

Pipelines	4096 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

80169

67658

Name	Apple M2 Max 30-core	AMD Radeon RX Vega
Geekbench - OpenCL	80169	67658
PassMark - G3D Mark		12297
PassMark - G2D Mark		882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8455

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Max 30-core	AMD Radeon RX Vega
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	1 April 2017
Place in performance rating	236	238
Architecture		GCN 1.3
Code name		Greenland
Launch price (MSRP)		$599.99
Price now		$409.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		38.94
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	1000 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		1200 MHz
Floating-point performance		9,830 gflops
Texture fill rate		307.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		225 Watt
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	512 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 bit	2048 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory clock speed		2000 MHz
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin