Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs Radeon R9 390X2

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN (2012−2015)	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	no data	17 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores	2	38
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	no data	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	53 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 size

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medium sized

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 type	512	LPDDR5-6400
Memory bus width	5400 Bit	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX

GDDR5

no data

Pros & cons summary

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