Apple M2 Max 30-core vs NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Max 30-core and NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

Apple M2 Max 30-core

NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Max 30-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 988 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 80159 vs 39431

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 5 March 2016
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 988 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	80159 vs 39431

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB

102.4x more pipelines: 3072 vs 30

Pipelines	3072 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Max 30-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

80159

39431

Name	Apple M2 Max 30-core	NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	80159	39431
PassMark - G3D Mark		11869
PassMark - G2D Mark		695
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		13107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		13107
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Max 30-core	NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	5 March 2016
Place in performance rating	236	233
Architecture		Maxwell 2.0
Code name		GM200
Launch price (MSRP)		$4,999
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	988 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	28 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.736 TFLOPS
Pipelines	30	3072
Render output units	120
Boost clock speed		1114 MHz
Floating-point performance		6,844 gflops
Texture fill rate		285.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		250 Watt
Transistor count		8,000 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	317.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 bit	384 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		24 GB
Memory clock speed		6612 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort
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