Apple 30-Core M2 Max vs AMD Radeon RX 5500 Full Specs

Summary

3,840 Shaders 1.4GHz	1,408 Shaders 1.84GHz
Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5	4GB GDDR6224GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 10.74 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 5.2 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP Shared	TDP 130W
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 FP64 Memory Bandwidth TDP

30-Core M2 Max10.74 TFLOPSFP16

x1.03

Radeon RX 550010.39 TFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1398MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1845MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 10.74 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 10.39 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 10.74 TFLOPS	FP32 5.2 TFLOPS
-	FP64 324.7 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 167.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 59 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 335.5 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 162.4 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 3,840 Shaders	Shaders 1,408 Shaders
TMUs 240 TMUs	TMUs 88 TMUs
ROPs 120 ROPs	ROPs 32 ROPs
EUs 480 EUs	CUs 22 CUs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 1.67GHz
Boost Clock 1.4GHz	Boost Clock 1.84GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

L2 Cache 2MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	4GB GDDR6 placeholder
Memory Bus 512-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 14GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 409.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 224GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared	TDP 130W
Max Temp -	Max Temp 110°C Max

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 4	Multi-Monitor 4
HDCP -	HDCP HDCP 2.3

Ports

-	3x DisplayPort 1.4
-	1x HDMI 2.0

Encoder

Encoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 2

Encoder Model VCN 2.0

Decoder

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 2

Decoder Model VCN 2.0

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe -	PCIe 2-Slots
Cooling Open-Air -	Cooling Open-Air 1x Fan
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer AMD
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer AMD
Architecture Apple Gen 5	Architecture RDNA 1
Family M Series	Family Radeon RX 5000
Branding	Branding
Codename G14C	Codename Fighter
Chip Variant -	Chip Variant Navi 14 XE
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Jan 17, 2023	Release Date Oct 7, 2019

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N5P	Fabrication Node N7
Die Size 486mm²	Die Size 158mm²
Transistor Count 67 Billion	Transistor Count 6.4 Billion
Transistor Density 138 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 40.51 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs M2 Max (12C30G)	CPUs -
Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M2 Max, Early 2023)MacBook Pro 16(M2 Max, Early 2023)	Laptops -
Desktops Mac Studio(M2 Max, Mid 2023)	Desktops Victus 15L(Early 2022)OMEN 25L(Late 2020)OMEN 30L(AMD, Late 2020)

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