Apple's M1 Max bests AMD Radeon Pro W6900X in Affinity GPU benchmark

Apple's top-of-the-line M1 Max, which powers the company's new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros, outperforms AMD's $6,000 W6900X desktop GPU at some tasks set forth in the Affinity Photo benchmark.

According to Andy Somerfield, lead Affinity Photo developer, the M1 Max is the fastest GPU he has evaluated using the benchmarking suite. The integrated graphics solution topped scores put in by AMD's W6900X, a 300-watt card that was tested as equipped in a 12-core Mac Pro.In a multi-day Twitter thread, Somerfield chronicled Serif's development of GPU compute support for Affinity Photo, imaging editing software that has grown from a desktop tool to a powerful mobile app. Specifically, Serif saw promise in early Apple Silicon designs on iPad, which for the first time allowed the app to tap system GPU assets for certain processes.

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