Apple M1 Max 24-core vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Max 24-core and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Apple M1 Max 24-core

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Max 24-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
25x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25004 vs 19571
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25004 vs 19571
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7440 vs 3717
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7440 vs 3717
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6721 vs 3357
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6721 vs 3357

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 Oct 2021 vs 13 August 2018
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25004 vs 19571
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25004 vs 19571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74179 vs 66571

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	74179 vs 66571

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Max 24-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

66571

74179

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25004

19571

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25004

19571

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6721

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6721

3357

Name	Apple M1 Max 24-core	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
Geekbench - OpenCL	66571	74179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25004	19571
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25004	19571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721	3357
PassMark - G3D Mark		18633
PassMark - G2D Mark		789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		488.989
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5451.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		41.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		153.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1534.582
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3503

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Max 24-core	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
Essentials
Launch date	26 Oct 2021	13 August 2018
Place in performance rating	125	123
Architecture		Turing
Code name		TU102
Launch price (MSRP)		$6,299
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	12 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.962 TFLOPS
Pipelines	24
Render output units	96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	250 Watt
Boost clock speed		1770 MHz
Transistor count		18,600 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	512 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400
Memory clock speed		14000 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.6