Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs Quadro CX

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking832not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Power efficiency1.13no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)no data
GPU code nameGT200Bno data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date11 November 2008 (16 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores19238
Core clock speed602 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate38.53no data
Floating-point processing power0.4623 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24no data
TMUs64no data

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount1536 MBno data
Memory bus width384 Bitno data
Memory clock speed800 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)no data
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 November 2008 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 53 Watt

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1000% more advanced lithography process, and 183% lower power consumption.

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

Be aware that Quadro CX is a workstation card while Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro CX
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