Apple M1 Max 24-core vs NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Max 24-core and NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Apple M1 Max 24-core

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Max 24-core

2.3x more core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 562 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
7x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 70 Watt

Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 70 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

138.7x more pipelines: 3328 vs 24
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 72767 vs 66546

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3328 vs 24
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	72767 vs 66546

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Max 24-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

66546

72767

Name	Apple M1 Max 24-core	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	66546	72767
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25004
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25004
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721
PassMark - G2D Mark		1110
PassMark - G3D Mark		13707
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		207.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3385.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		22.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		240.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1030.098

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Max 24-core	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
Essentials
Launch date	26 Oct 2021	23 Nov 2021
Place in performance rating	127	124
Architecture		Ampere
Code name		GA106
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.962 TFLOPS	7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines	24	3328
Render output units	96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	70 Watt
Boost clock speed		1200 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)
Pixel fill rate		57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		124.8 GTexel/s
Transistor count		12000 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	512 bit	192 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		12 GB
Memory clock speed		1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		Dual-slot
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x16
Length		167 mm, 6.6 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		None
Width		69 mm, 2.7 inches
API support
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan