GeForce GTX 1080 vs Apple M5 Max 32-Core GPU

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated142
Place by popularitynot in top-10062
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data17.66
Power efficiencyno data16.10
Architectureno dataPascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameno dataGP104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release dateno data27 May 2016 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores322560
Core clock speedno data1607 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1733 MHz
Number of transistorsno data7,200 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data180 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data94 °C
Texture fill rateno data277.3
Floating-point processing powerno data8.873 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data160
L1 Cacheno data960 KB
L2 Cacheno data2 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Widthno data2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)no data500 Watt
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin
SLI options-+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeLPDDR5x-8533GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data10 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data320 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boostno data3.0
VR Readyno data+
Ansel-+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.5
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between M5 Max 32-Core GPU and GeForce GTX 1080. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M5 Max 32-Core GPU is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GTX 1080 is a desktop one.

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