Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile

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
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)no data
GPU code nameGP104no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years ago)31 October 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 cores204840
Core clock speed1164 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1506 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate192.8no data
Floating-point processing power6.169 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs128no 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
InterfaceMXM-B (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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth192.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2017 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 53 Watt

Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 6 years, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 277.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile and Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile
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