Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU vs A100 SXM4

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA100no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date14 May 2020 (4 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores691224
Core clock speed1410 MHz1296 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate609.1no data
Floating-point processing power19.49 TFLOPSno data
ROPs160no data
TMUs432no data
Tensor Cores432no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeHBM2ELPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount40 GBno data
Memory bus width5120 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1215 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth1,555 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.140-
CUDA8.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2020 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 10 Watt

Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU has an age advantage of 5 months, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 3900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A100 SXM4 and M1 Max 24-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A100 SXM4 is a workstation card while Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA A100 SXM4
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