Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU vs Quadro FX 880M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1206not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.16no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)no data
GPU code nameGT216no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years 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 cores4832
Core clock speed550 MHz1296 MHz
Number of transistors486 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt44 Watt
Texture fill rate8.800no data
Floating-point processing power0.1162 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs16no 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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)no 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 typeGDDR3LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed790 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth25.28 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.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)no data
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2010 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 44 Watt

FX 880M has 25.7% lower power consumption.

Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 880M and Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 880M is a mobile workstation card while Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
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