Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1800XT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
GPU code name	M58, R520	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 March 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 cores	24	38
Core clock speed	8 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	550 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	53 Watt

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

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	GDDR3	LPDDR5-6400
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	650 MHz	no data
Shared memory	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX

GDDR3

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 March 2006	17 January 2023
Chip lithography	90 nm	5 nm

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