GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q vs Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated239
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data26.44
Architectureno dataTuring (2018−2022)
GPU code nameno dataTU106B
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 March 2026 (less than a year ago)29 January 2019 (7 years ago)

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 cores402304
Core clock speedno data885 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1185 MHz
Number of transistorsno data10,800 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rateno data170.6
Floating-point processing powerno data5.46 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data144
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data36
L1 Cacheno data2.3 MB
L2 Cacheno data4 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).

Laptop sizelargelarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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-8533GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speed8533 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data384.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 dataNo outputs
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-7.5
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 March 2026 29 January 2019
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 80 Watt

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 7 years, and 7% lower power consumption.

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