Radeon Pro V540 vs Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU

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
Architectureno dataRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameno dataNavi 12
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date17 January 2023 (1 year ago)no data (2024 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 cores382304
Core clock speedno data1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology5 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)53 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rateno data230.4
Floating-point processing powerno data7.373 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data144

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data8-pin EPS

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 typeLPDDR5-6400HBM2
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data2048 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data512.0 GB/s
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 data1x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.2
Vulkan-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 5 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 53 Watt 225 Watt

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU has a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 324.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU and Radeon Pro V540. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU is a notebook card while Radeon Pro V540 is a workstation one.


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Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU
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