Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU vs RTX A4000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking58not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency24.73no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA104no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years 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 cores614432
Core clock speed735 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1560 MHzno data
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt44 Watt
Texture fill rate299.5no data
Floating-point processing power19.17 TFLOPSno data
ROPs96no data
TMUs192no data
Tensor Cores192no data
Ray Tracing Cores48no 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length241 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bit512 Bit
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 Connectors4x DisplayPort 1.4ano 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 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 44 Watt

RTX A4000 has an age advantage of 5 months.

Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU, on the other hand, has a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 218.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between RTX A4000 and Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A4000 is a workstation card while Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA RTX A4000
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