Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs Quadro2 Go

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
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)no data
GPU code nameNV11 B3no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date14 August 2001 (23 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 coresno data38
Core clock speed143 MHzno data
Number of transistors20 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology180 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data53 Watt
Texture fill rate0.29no data
ROPs2no data
TMUs2no 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
InterfaceAGP 4xno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDRLPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount32 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed181 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth2.896 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x VGAno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX7.0no data
OpenGL1.2no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 August 2001 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 180 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU has an age advantage of 21 year, and a 3500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro2 Go and Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro2 Go is a mobile workstation card while Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU is a mobile workstation one.


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