Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs GeForce Go 6100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1481not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
GPU code nameC51MVno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2006 (18 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 cores338
Core clock speed1 MHzno data
Boost clock speed425 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology110 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data53 Watt

Form factor & compatibility

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Laptop sizeno datamedium sized

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 typeshared MemoryLPDDR5-6400
Shared memory++

API compatibility

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

DirectXshared Memoryno data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2006 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 110 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU has an age advantage of 16 years, and a 2100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 6100 and M2 Max 38-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100
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Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU
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