H100 PCIe 80 GB vs Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU

VS

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 dataHopper (2022−2023)
GPU code nameno dataGH100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date31 October 2023 (1 year ago)21 March 2023 (1 year 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 cores4014592
Core clock speedno data1095 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1755 MHz
Number of transistorsno data80,000 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)53 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rateno data800.3
Floating-point processing powerno data51.22 TFLOPS
ROPsno data24
TMUsno data456
Tensor Coresno data456

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 5.0 x16
Lengthno data268 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 typeLPDDR5-6400HBM2e
Maximum RAM amountno data80 GB
Memory bus widthno data5120 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1593 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data2,039 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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXno dataN/A
Shader Modelno dataN/A
OpenGLno dataN/A
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-9.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 October 2023 21 March 2023
Chip lithography 5 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 53 Watt 350 Watt

Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 7 months, and 560.4% lower power consumption.

H100 PCIe 80 GB, on the other hand, has a 25% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU and H100 PCIe 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU is a notebook card while H100 PCIe 80 GB is a workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU
M3 Max 40-Core GPU
NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB
H100 PCIe 80 GB

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.4 253 votes

Rate Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.9 15 votes

Rate H100 PCIe 80 GB on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.