As an exclusive option for the MacBook Pro 16, Apple recently introduced the new AMD Radeon Pro 5600M mobile graphics card, which combines a Navi 12 (RDNA) graphics processor with HBM2 memory. For its installation, you will have to pay $ 700 to the base cost of the laptop. Not cheap, but in this case, the buyer will receive a real gaming monster.
Previously, the Radeon Pro 5600M showed excellent results in synthetic tests conducted by Max Tech. In the same Geekbench 5 Metal, its performance was 50% higher than the Radeon Pro 5500M. Now it's time for practical gaming tests.
Bootcamp installed the Windows 16 operating system with basic drivers on a MacBook Pro 10 laptop.
First, on a MacBook Pro 16 with an Intel Core i9-9980HK processor (2,4/5,0 GHz), 32 GB of RAM and a Radeon Pro 5600M, in a native screen resolution of 3072 Γ 1920 (3K) and with automatic graphics settings, Fortnite was launched . With these parameters, the performance of the game was 88 frames per second. At some points, the FPS counter showed a psychologically important mark of 100 frames / s.
When running the game on the same system but in a Windows 10 environment (via Bootcamp) at native screen resolution and "epic" settings, the FPS dropped to 33 fps. Lowering the settings to High and 3D Resolution to 100% brought the average frame rate up to 50. Further lowering the 3D resolution to 36% (1080p equivalent) resulted in 144 fps at "epic" game settings.
The Radeon Pro 5600M also performed superbly in Call of Duty: Warzone. When scaling the resolution to 60% (1843 Γ 1152 pixels - more than Full HD), the game ran in the frame rate range of at least 100-140 FPS. This is almost the performance level of a full-fledged mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 video card. Recall that the TDP for the Radeon Pro 5600M is only 50 W, versus 80 W for the NVIDIA solution. When the resolution was increased to QuadHD (2427 Γ 1517 pixels) with the maximum graphics settings, the Radeon Pro 5600M was able to provide an average of 60 frames / s. Even at native 3K resolution, the maximum FPS was almost 70 frames.
This level of performance for a MacBook Pro in games is very impressive. But for him you have to pay a tidy sum. For the configuration of the MacBook Pro 16 used in the gaming test, you will have to pay $4000. With such values, it is still better to turn your attention to a full-fledged gaming laptop based on Windows, if you really need a portable system for games.
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