Apple released the standard version of the M5 processor last year, and this year it will bring higher-positioned versions such as M5 Pro, M5 Max and M5 Ultra with stronger performance. The latest news shows that the gaming performance of the M5 Max processor has been greatly improved, and is even expected to compete with NVIDIA’s latest RTX 5070 Ti mobile version graphics card.
Recently, a Reddit user combined the data of multiple NVIDIA desktop and mobile GPUs with the Apple M4 Max processor to speculate on the performance of the M5 Max in games. The comparison data comes from Notebookcheck, which is evaluated based on previous Apple Silicon generation performance increases.
The comparison result is that when “Cyber2077” turns on 1080p resolution and the highest image quality setting, the frame rate of the M5 Max processor is 125fps, which is 47% higher than the 85fps of the M4 Max processor, and 4% higher than the RTX 5070 Ti mobile version.
In another game, “Assassin’s Creed: Shadowbringers,” the frame rate of the M5 Max processor reached 51fps, which was 54.5% higher than the 33fps of the M4 Max processor and slightly lower than the 53fps of the RTX 5070 Ti.
Judging from the amount of evaluation data, the graphics performance of the M5 Max has been greatly improved, and it may be able to compete with high-end independent graphics cards with core graphics.
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It is worth mentioning that the current data has not been confirmed and cannot be used as a final conclusion. There are many variables missing in the data comparison, such as whether Apple’s MetalFX super-resolution and frame generation technology is enabled, and whether high-load special effects settings such as ray tracing or path tracing are turned on.
