Apple M2 Max 30-core vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Max 30-core and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Max 30-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 80352 vs 24891

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 28 Jun 2022
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	80352 vs 24891

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1398 MHz
17.1x more pipelines: 512 vs 30

Core clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1398 MHz
Pipelines	512 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Max 30-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

80352

24891

Name	Apple M2 Max 30-core	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
Geekbench - OpenCL	80352	24891
PassMark - G2D Mark		651
PassMark - G3D Mark		4984

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Max 30-core	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	28 Jun 2022
Place in performance rating	234	232
Architecture		Turing
Code name		TU117
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	1740 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	12 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.736 TFLOPS	1.828 TFLOPS
Pipelines	30	512
Render output units	120
Boost clock speed		1785 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		57.12 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		3.656 TFLOPS (2:1)
Pixel fill rate		28.56 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		57.12 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Transistor count		4700 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	96.00 GB/s
Memory bus width	512 bit	64 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory clock speed		1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		Single-slot
Height		18 mm, 0.7 inches
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x8
Length		145 mm, 5.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		None
Width		69 mm, 2.7 inches
API support
DirectX		12 (12_1)
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan