Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking210not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency22.49no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)no data
GPU code nameTU106no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date27 May 2019 (5 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 cores230438
Core clock speed945 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1380 MHzno data
Number of transistors10,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate198.7no data
Floating-point processing power6.359 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs144no data
Tensor Cores288no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no 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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no 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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount6 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2019 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 53 Watt

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU has an age advantage of 3 years, a 140% more advanced lithography process, and 50.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile and Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile
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Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU
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