Jetson AGX Xavier 16 GB vs Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataVolta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameno dataGV10B
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date17 January 2023 (1 year ago)October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$899

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 cores38512
Core clock speedno data854 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1377 MHz
Number of transistorsno data9,000 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)53 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rateno data44.06
Floating-point processing powerno data1.41 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32
Tensor Coresno data64

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x4

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 typeLPDDR5-6400LPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2133 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data136.5 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 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.0
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-7.2

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 5 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 53 Watt 30 Watt

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU has a 140% more advanced lithography process.

Jetson AGX Xavier 16 GB, on the other hand, has 76.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU and Jetson AGX Xavier 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU
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