Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU vs Radeon Sky 900

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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
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)no data
GPU code nameTahitino data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date27 March 2013 (11 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 cores358430
Core clock speed825 MHzno data
Boost clock speed950 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,313 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Wattno data
Texture fill rate106.4no data
Floating-point processing power3.405 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs112no 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
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length305 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount6 GBno data
Memory bus width384 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1250 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth480 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPortno data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 March 2013 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Sky 900 and M2 Max 30-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Sky 900 is a workstation card while Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon Sky 900
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