Apple M1 Max 24-core vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Max 24-core and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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, Technologies. 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Max 24-core

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 66% higher core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
  • 8x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 80 Watt
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7440 vs 3719
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7440 vs 3719
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6721 vs 3359
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6721 vs 3359
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 Oct 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed 1296 MHz vs 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7440 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7440 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6721 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6721 vs 3359

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

  • 256x more pipelines: 6144 vs 24
  • Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 96301 vs 66146
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 26045 vs 25004
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 26045 vs 25004
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 6144 vs 24
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 96301 vs 66146
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045 vs 25004
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045 vs 25004

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Max 24-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
66146
96301
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25004
26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25004
26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7440
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7440
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6721
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6721
3359
Name Apple M1 Max 24-core NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL 66146 96301
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25004 26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25004 26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7440 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7440 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6721 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6721 3359
PassMark - G3D Mark 16450
PassMark - G2D Mark 641
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 12007

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple M1 Max 24-core NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Essentials

Launch date 26 Oct 2021 12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating 127 125
Architecture Ampere
Code name GA104
Type Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1296 MHz 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 8 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.962 TFLOPS 15.30 TFLOPS
Pipelines 24 6144
Render output units 96
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 80 Watt
Boost clock speed 1245 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)
Pixel fill rate 119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 239.0 GTexel/s
Transistor count 17400 million

Memory

Memory bandwidth 409.6 GB/s 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 512 bit 256 bit
Memory type LPDDR5-6400 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready