Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q

Place in performance ranking	134	347
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.60	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	no data
GPU code name	N19E-Q5 MAX-Q	no data
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$2130	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3072	8
Core clock speed	600 - 930 MHz	1278 MHz
Boost clock speed	1350 - 1455 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	13,600 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 - 90 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	259.2	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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 type	GDDR6	no data
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	No outputs	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	no data
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data
CUDA	7.5	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 5000 Max-Q 35.33
+151%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.08

Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 151% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RTX 5000 Max-Q 433183
+54.6%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 55% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	105 +304%	26 −304%
1440p	65 +171%	24−27 −171%
4K	42 +163%	16−18 −163%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

60−65

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Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	86	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65	no data
Battlefield 5	110−120	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	101	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65	no data
Far Cry 5	75−80	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	85−90	no data
Forza Horizon 4	130−140	no data
Hitman 3	70−75	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	162	no data
Metro Exodus	144	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	97	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	130−140	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	85	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	78	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65	no data
Battlefield 5	110−120	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	93	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65	no data
Far Cry 5	75−80	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	85−90	no data
Forza Horizon 4	130−140	no data
Hitman 3	70−75	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	140−150	no data
Metro Exodus	116	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	91	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	130−140	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	145	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	182	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	56	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	67	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65	no data
Far Cry 5	75−80	no data
Forza Horizon 4	130−140	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	108	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	130−140	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	83	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	51	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	105	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	48	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	62	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30	no data
Far Cry 5	74	no data
Forza Horizon 4	70−75	no data
Hitman 3	45−50	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	83	no data
Metro Exodus	73	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	37	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30	no data
Hitman 3	27−30	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	31	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	31	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12	no data
Far Cry 5	20−22	no data
Forza Horizon 4	45−50	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	46	no data
Metro Exodus	43	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	21	no data