Apple M2 Max 30-core vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Max 30-core and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 RTX 3000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Max 30-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 945 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 80168 vs 64591

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 27 May 2019
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 945 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	80168 vs 64591

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000

76.8x more pipelines: 2304 vs 30

Pipelines	2304 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Max 30-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

80168

64591

Name	Apple M2 Max 30-core	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000
Geekbench - OpenCL	80168	64591
PassMark - G2D Mark		523
PassMark - G3D Mark		11177
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14496
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3361

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Max 30-core	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	27 May 2019
Place in performance rating	236	231
Architecture		Turing
Code name		N19E-Q1
Type		Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	945 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	12 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.736 TFLOPS	6.359 TFLOPS
Pipelines	30	2304
Render output units	120
Boost clock speed		1380 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		198.7 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		12.72 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate		88.32 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		198.7 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		80 Watt
Transistor count		10800 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	512 bit	192 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		6 GB
Memory clock speed		14000 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		Large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenCL		1.2
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.4
Vulkan
Technologies
Multi Monitor
VR Ready