Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU vs RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking31not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency20.27no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)no data
GPU code nameDG2-512no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 October 2022 (1 year ago)10 November 2020 (3 years ago)

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 cores409632
Core clock speed930 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1680 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology6 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt44 Watt

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 sizelargeno 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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed20000 MHzno data
Shared memory--

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimateno data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2022 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 6 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 44 Watt

RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile has an age advantage of 1 year.

Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU, on the other hand, has a 20% more advanced lithography process, and 411.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile and Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile
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