Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU vs FirePro M5100

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking606not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)no data
GPU code nameVenusno data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date16 October 2013 (11 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 cores64024
Core clock speed725 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed775 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data10 Watt
Texture fill rate31.00no data
Floating-point processing power0.992 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs40no 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)no 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1125 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth72 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 (11_1)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 October 2013 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro M5100 and Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro M5100 is a mobile workstation card while Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU is a mobile workstation one.


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