Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU vs Tesla C1060

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
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)no data
GPU code nameGT200Bno data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date9 April 2009 (15 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 cores24030
Core clock speed610 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)188 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate48.80no data
Floating-point processing power0.6221 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs80no 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 2.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeGDDR3LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width512 Bitno data
Memory clock speed800 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth102.4 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.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)no data
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 April 2009 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 188 Watt 53 Watt

Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1000% more advanced lithography process, and 254.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla C1060 and Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla C1060 is a workstation card while Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Tesla C1060
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