Switch 2 GPU vs Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU

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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 dataAmpere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameno dataGA10B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date31 October 2023 (1 year ago)5 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

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 cores301536
Core clock speedno data561 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)53 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rateno data67.20
Floating-point processing powerno data4.301 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data48
Tensor Coresno data48
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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
Lengthno data272 mm

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 typeLPDDR5-6400LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amountno data12 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data102.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data
Resizable BAR-+

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 and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 October 2023 5 June 2025
Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 53 Watt 40 Watt

Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU has a 60% more advanced lithography process.

Switch 2 GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 32.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between M3 Max 30-Core GPU and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU is a notebook graphics card while Switch 2 GPU is a desktop one.

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