Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs GeForce GTX 780M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	453	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.64	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	no data
GPU code name	GK104	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	11 May 2013 (11 years ago)	31 October 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 cores	1536	40
Core clock speed	823 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	797 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,540 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	53 Watt
Texture fill rate	102.0	no data
Floating-point processing power	2.448 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	128	no 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 size	large	medium sized
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	No outputs	no data
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200	no data
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP content protection	+	-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	+	-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support	+	-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	-
Optimus	+	-
3D Vision / 3DTV Play	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	no data
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	1.1.126	-
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 May 2013	31 October 2023
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	53 Watt

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