Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs H100 SXM5

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
ArchitectureHopper (2022)no data
GPU code nameGH100no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date22 March 2022 (2 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores844838
Boost clock speed1780 MHzno data
Number of transistors80,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)700 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate939.8no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on H100 SXM5 and Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSno data

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 typeHBM3LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount80 GBno data
Memory bus width5120 Bitno data
Memory clock speed3 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth1,920 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/Ano data
Shader ModelN/Ano data
OpenGLN/Ano data
OpenCL3.0no data
VulkanN/Ano data
CUDA9.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2022 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 4 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 700 Watt 53 Watt

We couldn't decide between H100 SXM5 and Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that H100 SXM5 is a desktop card while Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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