A100X vs Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataAmpere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameno dataGA100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 November 2020 (3 years ago)28 June 2021 (2 years ago)
Current priceno data$52

Detailed specifications

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 cores246912
Core clock speed1296 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1440 MHz
Number of transistorsno data54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rateno data622.1

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU and A100X 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.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 typeLPDDR5-6400HBM2e
Maximum RAM amountno data80 GB
Memory bus widthno data5120 Bit
Memory clock speedno data3.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data2,039 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXno dataN/A
Shader Modelno dataN/A
OpenGLno dataN/A
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno dataN/A
CUDAno data8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2020 28 June 2021
Chip lithography 5 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 300 Watt

We couldn't decide between Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU and A100X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU is a notebook card while A100X is a desktop one.


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