Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs RTX A3000 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking170not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency31.68no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA104no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 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 cores409638
Core clock speed600 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1230 MHzno data
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate157.4no data
Floating-point processing power10.08 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs128no data
Tensor Cores128no data
Ray Tracing Cores32no 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 4.0 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 width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1375 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth264.0 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 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2021 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 53 Watt

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU has an age advantage of 1 year, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 32.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between RTX A3000 Mobile and M2 Max 38-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile
RTX A3000 Mobile
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M2 Max 38-Core GPU

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