Titan X Pascal vs Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking52198
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data6.07
Power efficiencyno data9.59
Architectureno dataPascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameno dataGP102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)2 August 2016 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores403584
Core clock speedno data1417 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1531 MHz
Number of transistorsno data11,800 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data250 Watt
Texture fill rateno data342.9
Floating-point processing powerno data10.97 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data224
L1 Cacheno data1.3 MB
L2 Cacheno data3 MB

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeLPDDR5x-8533GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amountno data12 GB
Memory bus widthno data384 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1251 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data480.4 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-+
CUDA-+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD101
−22.8%
124
+22.8%
1440p57
−29.8%
74
+29.8%
4K36
−61.1%
58
+61.1%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data9.67
1440pno data16.20
4Kno data20.67

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 337
+0%
337
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 83
+0%
83
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 126
+0%
126
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 153
+0%
153
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 291
+0%
291
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 74
+0%
74
+0%
Far Cry 5 162
+0%
162
+0%
Fortnite 210
+0%
210
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 127
+0%
127
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 119
+0%
119
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 113
+0%
113
+0%
Valorant 296
+0%
296
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 147
+0%
147
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 205
+0%
205
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 65
+0%
65
+0%
Dota 2 252
+0%
252
+0%
Far Cry 5 149
+0%
149
+0%
Fortnite 199
+0%
199
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 121
+0%
121
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 106
+0%
106
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 160
+0%
160
+0%
Metro Exodus 96
+0%
96
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 113
+0%
113
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 184
+0%
184
+0%
Valorant 275
+0%
275
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 137
+0%
137
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 57
+0%
57
+0%
Dota 2 232
+0%
232
+0%
Far Cry 5 140
+0%
140
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 112
+0%
112
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 102
+0%
102
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95
+0%
95
+0%
Valorant 181
+0%
181
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 170
+0%
170
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 111
+0%
111
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 103
+0%
103
+0%
Metro Exodus 58
+0%
58
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 258
+0%
258
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 37
+0%
37
+0%
Far Cry 5 101
+0%
101
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 99
+0%
99
+0%
Metro Exodus 36
+0%
36
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 68
+0%
68
+0%
Valorant 257
+0%
257
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 71
+0%
71
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 17
+0%
17
+0%
Dota 2 160
+0%
160
+0%
Far Cry 5 53
+0%
53
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 73
+0%
73
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 44
+0%
44
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 60
+0%
60
+0%

This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Titan X Pascal compete in popular games:

  • Titan X Pascal is 23% faster in 1080p
  • Titan X Pascal is 30% faster in 1440p
  • Titan X Pascal is 61% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 March 2026 2 August 2016

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 9 years.

We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Titan X Pascal. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is a notebook graphics card while Titan X Pascal is a desktop one.

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