Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU
vs
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU has 4096 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.30 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.60 TFLOPS.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.85 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.20 TFLOPS.

GPU

The Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU is equipped with a graphics chip of the M1 architecture, which has 512 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G is based on the RDNA 1 architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU GPU MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
M1 Max GPU Chip Navi 14 XTX
M1 Architecture RDNA 1
512 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
4096 Shader 1408
0 Render Output Units 32
0 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU is equipped with a 32 GB large LPDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 3.200 GHz clocks.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G has a 4 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

32 GB Memory Size 4 GB
LPDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
3.200 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
0.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
512 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU has a turbo clock of . The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G is 1.845 GHz.

1.300 GHz Base Clock 1.647 GHz
Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.73 GHz
No Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU has connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as Unknown.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 95 °C.

-- TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
Unknown Tjunction max 95 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G is cooled by a Air cooling.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
-- Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 39 dB

Connectivity

The Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version --.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

5 Max. Displays 4
-- HDCP-Version 2.3
-- HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
-- DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 0.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

6016x3384 Max. resolution 7680x4320
0 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

-- Length 247 mm
-- Height 128 mm
-- Width 47 mm
-- Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 869 g
Integrated graphics GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU was released in Q3/2021.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G published in Q3/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2021 Release date Q3/2019
-- Launch Price 169 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 7 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G
4 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G
4 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G
4 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G
4 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Gaming 4G
4 GB GDDR6
79 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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