Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs Quadro K1000M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking885not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.37no data
Power efficiency3.13no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)no data
GPU code nameGK107no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date1 June 2012 (12 years ago)31 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$119.90 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores19240
Core clock speed850 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,270 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate13.60no data
Floating-point processing power0.3264 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no 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 sizedmedium sized
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 typeDDR3LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed900 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth28.8 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

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

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
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2012 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 53 Watt

K1000M has 17.8% lower power consumption.

Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K1000M and Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K1000M is a mobile workstation card while Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
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