Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs Radeon Pro V520

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 efficiency9.82no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)no data
GPU code nameNavi 12no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date1 December 2020 (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 cores230438
Core clock speed1000 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1600 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate230.4no data
Floating-point processing power7.373 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs144no 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
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-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 typeHBM2LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width2048 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth512.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.2no data
Vulkan1.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 December 2020 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 53 Watt

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU has an age advantage of 2 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 324.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro V520 and Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Pro V520 is a workstation card while Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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