Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs FirePro V7900 SDI

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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
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)no data
GPU code nameCaymanno data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date24 May 2011 (13 years ago)17 January 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 cores128038
Core clock speed725 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,640 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)224 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate58.00no data
Floating-point processing power1.856 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs80no 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 sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length279 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1250 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth160 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 Connectors4x SDIno data
StereoOutput3D+-
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)no data
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCL1.2no data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 May 2011 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 224 Watt 53 Watt

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU has an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 322.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro V7900 SDI and Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro V7900 SDI is a workstation card while Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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