GeForce RTX 4090 D vs Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 2 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 28.93 |
| Architecture | no data | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | no data | AD102 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 17 January 2023 (1 year ago) | 28 December 2023 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,599 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 30 | 14592 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 2280 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 76,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 425 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 1,149 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 73.54 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 176 |
| TMUs | no data | 456 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 456 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 114 |
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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 304 mm |
| Width | no data | 3-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 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 type | LPDDR5-6400 | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1313 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 1,008 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 Connectors | no data | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 January 2023 | 28 December 2023 |
RTX 4090 D has an age advantage of 11 months.
We couldn't decide between Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU and GeForce RTX 4090 D. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 D is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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