Apple M2 Max 30-core vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Max 30-core and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop) 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Apple M2 Max 30-core

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Max 30-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 16 nm
Around 55% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 80168 vs 51569

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 2 November 2017
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 16 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	80168 vs 51569

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop)

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1398 MHz
81.1x more pipelines: 2432 vs 30

Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 1398 MHz
Pipelines	2432 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Max 30-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop)

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

80168

51569

Name	Apple M2 Max 30-core	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop)
Geekbench - OpenCL	80168	51569
PassMark - G3D Mark		14687
PassMark - G2D Mark		876
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		182.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1797.792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		14.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		26.444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1035.984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3638
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3638
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3344
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		6809

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Max 30-core	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop)
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	2 November 2017
Place in performance rating	236	235
Architecture		Pascal
Code name		GP104
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Price now		$379.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		44.74
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	16 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.736 TFLOPS
Pipelines	30	2432
Render output units	120
Boost clock speed		1683 MHz
Floating-point performance		8,186 gflops
Texture fill rate		255.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		180 Watt
Transistor count		7,200 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	256.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 bit	256 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory clock speed		8008 MHz
Shared memory		0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.6
Vulkan
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready