Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs GeForce GTX 460M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking752not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.32no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)no data
GPU code nameGF106no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 September 2010 (14 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 cores19238
Core clock speed675 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate21.60no data
Floating-point processing power0.5184 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24no data
TMUs32no 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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
SLI options+-

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 amount1536 MBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1250 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth60.0 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 API with Feature Level 12.1no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 September 2010 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 53 Watt

GTX 460M has 6% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460M and M2 Max 38-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
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