Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking31not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency19.23no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)no data
GPU code nameDG2-512no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 October 2022 (2 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 cores409640
Core clock speed930 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1680 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology6 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt53 Watt

Form factor & compatibility

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Laptop sizelargemedium sized

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 amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed20000 MHzno data
Shared memory--

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimateno data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2022 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 6 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 53 Watt

Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 1 year, a 20% more advanced lithography process, and 324.5% lower power consumption.

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NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile
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