Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU vs Quadro 5000 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
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)no data
GPU code nameGF100no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date23 February 2011 (13 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,899 no data

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 cores35230
Core clock speed513 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)172 Wattno data
Texture fill rate22.57no data
Floating-point processing power0.7223 TFLOPSno data
ROPs40no data
TMUs44no 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
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length248 mmno data
WidthQuad-slotno 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 amount2.5 GBno data
Memory bus width320 Bitno data
Memory clock speed750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth120.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDIno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA2.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 February 2011 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro 5000 SDI and M2 Max 30-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro 5000 SDI is a workstation card while Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro 5000 SDI
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