Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU vs Tesla M40

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking204not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.45no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)no data
GPU code nameGM200no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date10 November 2015 (9 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 cores307232
Core clock speed948 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1112 MHzno data
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt44 Watt
Texture fill rate213.5no data
Floating-point processing power6.832 TFLOPSno data
ROPs96no data
TMUs192no 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 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSno 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 amount12 GBno data
Memory bus width384 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth288.4 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.

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2015 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 44 Watt

Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU has an age advantage of 5 years, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 468.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla M40 and Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla M40 is a workstation card while Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Tesla M40
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