Apple M1 Max 24-core vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Max 24-core and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Apple M1 Max 24-core

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Max 24-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 735 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
8x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 80 Watt
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25004 vs 20344
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25004 vs 20344
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6721 vs 3355
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6721 vs 3355

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 Oct 2021 vs 2 Apr 2020
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25004 vs 20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25004 vs 20344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

128x more pipelines: 3072 vs 24
Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 93962 vs 66571
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8912 vs 7440
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8912 vs 7440

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3072 vs 24
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	93962 vs 66571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8912 vs 7440
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8912 vs 7440

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Max 24-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

66571

93962

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25004

20344

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25004

20344

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

8912

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

8912

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6721

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6721

3355

Name	Apple M1 Max 24-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	66571	93962
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25004	20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25004	20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440	8912
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440	8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721	3355
PassMark - G3D Mark		13692
PassMark - G2D Mark		574
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		8346

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Max 24-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
Essentials
Launch date	26 Oct 2021	2 Apr 2020
Place in performance rating	125	124
Architecture		Turing
Code name		TU104B
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	12 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.962 TFLOPS	6.636 TFLOPS
Pipelines	24	3072
Render output units	96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	80 Watt
Boost clock speed		1080 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		207.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		13.27 TFLOPS (2:1)
Pixel fill rate		69.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		207.4 GTexel/s
Transistor count		13600 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	352.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	512 bit	256 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory clock speed		1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
Width		Dual-slot
API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenCL		1.2
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.5
Vulkan