Tesla M6 X2 Mobile vs Apple M2 Max 30-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 dataMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code nameno dataGM204
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date17 January 2023 (1 year ago)30 August 2015 (8 years ago)

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 cores301536
Boost clock speedno data1180 MHz
Number of transistorsno data5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data100 Watt
Texture fill rateno data113.3

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU and Tesla M6 X2 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16

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 typeLPDDR5-6400GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data5 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data160.4 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 dataPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.7 (6.4)
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.3
CUDAno data5.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 January 2023 30 August 2015
Chip lithography 5 nm 28 nm

We couldn't decide between Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU and Tesla M6 X2 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU is a notebook graphics card while Tesla M6 X2 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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