Apple M2 Max 30-core vs Intel Arc Pro A50

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Max 30-core and Intel Arc Pro A50 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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Apple M2 Max 30-core

Intel Arc Pro A50

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Max 30-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 6 nm
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 80779 vs 33127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 8 Aug 2022
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 6 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	80779 vs 33127

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A50

Around 43% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1398 MHz
34.1x more pipelines: 1024 vs 30

Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1398 MHz
Pipelines	1024 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Max 30-core
GPU 2: Intel Arc Pro A50

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

80779

33127

Name	Apple M2 Max 30-core	Intel Arc Pro A50
Geekbench - OpenCL	80779	33127
PassMark - G2D Mark		613
PassMark - G3D Mark		5222

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Max 30-core	Intel Arc Pro A50
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	8 Aug 2022
Place in performance rating	236	237
Architecture		Generation 12.7
Code name		DG2-128
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	2000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	6 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.736 TFLOPS	4.813 TFLOPS
Pipelines	30	1024
Render output units	120
Boost clock speed		2350 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1,203 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		9.626 TFLOPS (2:1)
Pixel fill rate		75.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		150.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Transistor count		7200 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	192.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	512 bit	64 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		6 GB
Memory clock speed		2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.6
Vulkan