AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Navi 31
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
Custom
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB with 6144 shaders against the 2 years and 1 month newer Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core) that utilizes 640 pipelines and 5120 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 7900 XTX
- Performs significantly better (up to 2.1x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 3.8x higher maximum theoretical performance (61.4 vs 16.2 TFLOPS)
- Includes 24 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory
- Achieves 92% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (224K vs 116K)
- Has 76% higher memory bandwidth: 960 vs 546 GB/s
Reasons to consider the Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 253 175 156 122 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 280 251 177 96 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 333 227 166 85 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 212 181 170 109 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 167 143 113 64 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 264 251 192 128 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 168 140 122 77 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 203 181 126 59 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 302 274 208 112 |
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| 1080p High | 242 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 203 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 159 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 95 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 30804 | - |
| Solar Bay | 123985 | 61312 |
| Port Royal | 16759 | - |
| Fire Strike | 73279 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 58739 | 36641 |
| Night Raid | 183191 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 423.9 img/sec | 195 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 270.8 img/sec | 125.9 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 9.23 Gpixels/sec | 4.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 13.7 Gpixels/sec | 7.47 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 11.1 Gpixels/sec | 5.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.74 Gpixels/sec | 1.06 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 871 Gpixels/sec | 417.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 29891.2 FPS | 17079.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1290 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 355 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 134 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 17777 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
No benchmark results yet
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-07-10 (thomas) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 116478 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 18608 | 10302 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 25385 | 23763 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 45641 | 29314 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 71321 | 42016 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 257258 | 105972 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 5240 | 2963 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 7425 | 6594 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 21335 | 8935 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 66140 | 43143 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 483867 | 221563 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon RX 7900 XTX and Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)General
| Vendor | Amd | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | November 3, 2022 | October 30, 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | - |
| Case | Desktop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Navi 31 | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 4080 | - GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 13700K or above | - Apple M4 Max (16-Core) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M4 Max (16-Core) |
Desktop GPU rating (#6th place)
Laptop GPU ranking (#14th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1929 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2498 MHz | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | 6144 | 5120 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 384 | 320 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 192 | 160 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | - | 640 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 96 | - |
| L1 Cache | 256KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 6MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 4 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 480 GPixel/s | 252 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 959 GTexel/s | 505 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Differences in GPUs' instructions per clock make TFLOPS values not directly comparable.
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 355 W | 50 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 57 billion | - |
| Transistor Density | 107.75 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 24 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 2500 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 20000 Mbps | - |
| Bus | 384-bit | 512-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | - |
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