Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs ATI Radeon X1600

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1438not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.33no data
ArchitectureUltra-Threaded SE (2005−2007)no data
GPU code nameRV516no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2007 (17 years ago)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 coresno data38
Core clock speed635 MHzno data
Number of transistors105 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate2.540no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs4no 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 1.0 x16no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR2LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed800 MBpsno data
Memory bandwidth12.8 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)no data
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 90 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 53 Watt

ATI X1600 has 96.3% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU, on the other hand, has a 1700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1600 and M2 Max 38-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X1600 is a desktop card while Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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ATI Radeon X1600
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