Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs A800 PCIe 80 GB

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	no data
GPU code name	GA100	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	8 November 2022 (1 year ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	6912	38
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	54,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	53 Watt
Texture fill rate	609.1	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on A800 PCIe 80 GB and Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	no data
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	no data

Memory

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 type	HBM2e	LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount	80 GB	no data
Memory bus width	5120 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	3 GB/s	no data
Memory bandwidth	1,935 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

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API support

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

DirectX	N/A	no data
Shader Model	N/A	no data
OpenGL	N/A	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
CUDA	8.0	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	8 November 2022	17 January 2023
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	53 Watt

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